Conflicted: A History Podcast

This Is Sparta?

Sep 15, 2019

55:54

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Discipline Shapes Warriors

00:20

The Dark Side of Spartan Boyhood

03:29

The Peloponnesian War Between Athens and Sparta

02:02

The City State of Sparta

03:09

Introduction

3min

The City State of Sparta

3min

How to Keep the Spartans Safe From Greed

2min

The Dark Side of Spartan Boyhood

3min

Is Your Baby Dismantled?

2min

What Was It Like to Be a Spartan Girl?

3min

Spartan Marriages - The Only Ones Who Rule Their Men

2min

The Spartans and the Helots

3min

Sparta and the Persian Wars

3min

10.

The Persian Empire and the Marathon Run

3min

11.

The Battle of Thermopyle

3min

12.

The Persian Wars - The Big Battle at Plataea

3min

13.

The Peloponnesian War Between Athens and Sparta

2min

14.

Pericles's War With Athens

3min

15.

Athens - The End of an Era

3min

16.

Athens and Sparta

5min

17.

The Last Stand of Sparta

3min

18.

The City State of Sparta

2min

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SOURCES:

Hanson, Victor Davis. A War Like No Other. 2005.

Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War

Plutarch. Parallel Lives

Xenophon. Hellenica

Cartledge, Paul. “The Socratics’ Sparta and Rosseau’s”. Cambridge University. 1998

Penades, Antonio. “Bred for Battle - Understanding Ancient Sparta’s Military Machine”. National Geographic History. Dec 2016.

Grant, R.G. “Battle of Leuctra”. Encyclopedia Britannica. March, 2017

Andrews, Evan. “8 Reasons It Wasn’t Easy Being Spartan”. History.com. Sept 2018

Grant, R.G. “Battle of Leuctra”. Encyclopedia Britannica. March, 2017

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