Paul Cartledge
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first heard Jul 2026
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It's entirely self-contained domestic economy.
Secondly, being very inward-looking generally, the Persian Wars, 484, are an exception to the general rule that Sparta did not follow.
indulge in international enterprises, especially not of a pan-Hellenic kind.
So many Spartans, once the Persian Wars have been won, the final battle, Patea, think, great, this is the time, we'll just go back to the way it was before, because that was pretty difficult.
Secondly, if the Spartans had decided to go on,
in an international way, they would then have required to build a fleet, which they in fact didn't do until the very end, as I've said before, of the Atheno-Peloponnesian War.
And that involves using helots, they're called helots, the enslaved persons, as crew people.
And one of the distinctive features of the Athenian navy is the power that ordinary Athenians derived
from them being what we in this country call the senior service.
Ever since the 17th century, the navy has been our senior service.
We're an island nation.
Well, the Athenians from the 470s decided we're going to go over.
The navy is the number one.
Army, that's the ordinary troops, infantry second.
Cavalry, very minimal.
Archers, not at all.
That's a land campaign.
It's a land campaign.
How did they manage to get all the way up there?
Well, just simply by walking.
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