As we kick off Series 3, it's now time to examine one of the most recognizable institutions that existed in Ancient Greece: The Delian League. To make sense of things, we'll compare the Peloponnesian League and Sparta's motivations there, against the Hellenic League that was formed to stand against Persia's incursion. Then, against these two we will finally compare the Delian League, which emerges as a naval-centric league which formally kicks off the time when Athenian empire becomes possible.
Today we have a lengthy primer focused only on the trireme. After a jaunt through some of the evidence related to when the trireme...
This supplemental episode is a reading of the Report of Wenamun, also called the Misadventures of Wenamun.
In today's episode we begin our look at the events that directly contributed to the beginnings of the Greco-Persian War. After a brief summation...
