Tristan Hughes

Amazing period of history.

But my last question will be, sometimes there is a link between Philip II of Macedon, Alexander the Great's father, and the man who sees Macedon rise in the 350s and 40s and 30s, early 30s.

that Philip II of Maston, either he's at Lutra or he's at Thebes at the time, and he witnesses firsthand this demise in Spartan hegemony.

So my question to you to end this is, how significant do you think is the decline of Sparta and the way that it does fall in Philip II's ultimate success in this conquest of Greece?

Well, as you said, the Athenians

have risen back up by this time.

This has been absolutely great.

This is why I wanted to get you both in person for this chat, because it's been so much fun over the last hour or so.

And it just goes to me to say, thank you so much to both of you for coming back on the podcast.

Well, there you go.

There was Dr. Roel Canina Dyke and Dr. Owen Rees talking through the fall of Sparta.

A fantastic chat.

I loved getting them both in the office and doing that interview together.

You can see how they work so well together.

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