Christopher B. Zeichmann
Historian and author of Radical Antiquity, focusing on social experiments and anti-state communities in the Greco-Roman world; discusses pirates, slave revolts, and radical religious movements in antiquity.
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Nov 26, 2025 • 1h 5min
Did Ancient Pirates Invent Democracy?: Exploring Radical Antiquity
Christopher Zeichmann, historian and author of Radical Antiquity, explores outlawed communities in the Greco‑Roman world. He discusses pirates who ran democratic, solidarity‑based seafaring communes. He outlines slave revolts like Spartacus, radical religious movements, experiments in anti‑patriarchy, and how imperial collapse sometimes improved everyday life.
