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Conversations: When the Emperors Ruled Greece, the Roman Period w/ Dan Stewart

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

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The History of Crete

I feel like I don't know much about Crete beyond the Bronze Age. There's not a lot talked about what was going on in Crete after the Bronze Age but I would love to know everything. A Crete is like fascinating because it was seen even within our classical sources as being slightly backward and a problematic place. In the Hellenistic period it is a haven for kind of piracy so we're told. Mark Antony's father gets his ass handed to him by the Creteans when he's been sent there to kind of help them out.

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