Paul Cartledge
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 16 Jul
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So it wouldn't have mattered that the Athenians beat the Persians at sea if there was still an army that could come and destroy the Peloponnese.
or whatever so it was absolutely critical the amphibious nature of the resistance by land by sea so the irony of greek history in the fifth century is the land-loving spartans defeat the naval athenians with foreign persian aid oh my goodness yeah so what else did we miss out polly
No.
Everyone's shaking their heads.
In one word, no.
No.
I'm not sure if that's the term that Paul would use, but certainly...
It's able to exert influence without necessarily actually putting a garrison in.
But nevertheless, whatever happens in the Western Asiatic seaboard after 404, unless the Spartans attack Persia, which they decide to do, these cities are very vulnerable.
They've got no protector.
And it was never translated into permanent political institutions except from above.
So when Philip of Macedon conquers significant Greek cities in the south, he comes from the north, Thessalonica,
For the first time there is, as it were, a united Greek but united in subjection to Macedon.
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