093 Revolt in the Empire

The History of Ancient Greece

Ryan Stitt

History, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2019

⏱️ 66 minutes

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In this episode, we discuss the years 428 and 427 BC of the Peloponnesian War, including the introduction of Kleon and Nikias, the revolt of Mytilene (Lesbos) from the Athenian empire, and a "prison-style breakout" from Plataia

Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2019/05/093-revolt-in-empire.html

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0:35.0	Take it away, Ryan. The So, The Hello, I'm Ryan Stitt, and welcome back to the History of Ancient Greece. Episode 93, Revolt in the Empire.
1:26.7	The death of Pericles marked the end of an exceptional period of leadership
1:30.4	in Athenian history and brought about a great change in Athenian politics as it
1:34.9	created a vacuum for new political leadership in the city and as we so often see in
1:39.6	history when someone steps up to fill a power vacuum, oftentimes the strategies and the characteristics of these new leaders is marketly different than those of the previous regime.
1:49.0	In particular, Thucydides says that Pericles' allies and his faction were essentially
1:54.3	equal with one another, and so nobody was able to step up and provide the unified consistent
1:59.3	leadership that he had brought to the war effort.
2:02.1	As a result, spearheaded by those who had become impatient with Pericles' limited aims and tactics,
2:07.8	the Athenians were lured away from his conservative defensive strategy to a more aggressive one put forth by those who
2:14.4	eventually filled the power vacuum. They aim to strengthen Athens' offensive
2:18.8	capability in order to bring the war to Spartan its allies and thereby win the war decisively.
2:24.7	At first they stuck to Paracles' plan of avoiding infantry battles, but in time they would
2:29.6	venture forth and meet the Peloponnesians on land with mixed results. No one person in
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