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This Is Sparta?

Conflicted: A History Podcast

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Athens - The End of an Era

Athens lost one third of its entire population, about 80 thousand people. The corpses start piling up more than anyone can bury or burn. It's in this new environment that the cracks start to show in the myth of the unstoppable spartan foot soldier.

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