#493 - Athens & Sparta: A Dialgoue with Adrian Goldsworthy

About this episode

Xavier Bonilla dialogues with historian Adrian Goldsworthy about the history and legacies of Athens and Sparta.

In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Adrian Goldsworthy about the history of Athens and Sparta. They provide an overview of Athens and Sparta, Aegean history, and city-states in Ancient Greece. They talk about why tyranny did not work in these early city-states, Persian War with Greece, Peloponnesian War, Alexander the Great, legacies of Athens and Sparta, and many more topics. Adrian Goldsworthy is a historian and author. He has his DPhil from Oxford University and has conducted research at Cardiff University and taught at King’s College London and University of Notre Dame. He is the author of numerous books on Roman history. Get full access to Converging Dialogues at convergingdialogues.substack.com/subscribe

People in this episode

Host: Xavier Bonilla

Guest: Adrian Goldsworthy

Topics covered

• Ancient Greece
• Athens
• Sparta
• Aegean history
• city-states
• Persian War
• Peloponnesian War

Keywords

• Athens
• Sparta
• history
• tyranny
• Persian War
• Peloponnesian War
• Alexander the Great
• city-states
• Aegean history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Oxford University, Cardiff University, King’s College London, University of Notre Dame

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