What could Pericles do to defend Athens against Sparta? This is Part 2/5 in a reexamination of the strategies used in the 2nd Peloponnesian War. This video focuses on the duelling opening strategies between Athens (Pericles) and King Archidamus (Sparta), and how they were influenced by Ancient Greece's 'conventional strategy' as well as politicalhistorical circumstances.

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SCRIPT: https://strategosstuff.blogspot.com/2...

All errors are my own.

▬ CHAPTERS ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
0:00 Introduction
0:45 [I] The Conventional Strategy of Ancient Greece
4:02 [II] The Geostrategic Situation at the Start of War
7:47 [III] Pericles' Strategy A Strategic Defensive?
12:22 [IV] Pericles' Strategy A Strategic Offensive
17:13 [V] Athens: Assessing Pericles' Strategy
19:15 [VI] Sparta: Archidamus' Strategy
24:08 [VII] Conclusion

▬ SOURCES ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War [Bks 1 + 2]
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/t...

Kagan D. The Archidamian War. Cornell University Press 1990.
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Rusch S. Sparta at War. Frontline 2011
Sears M. Understanding Greek Warfare. Routledge 2019
de Wet B. "The SoCalled Defensive Policy of Pericles". Acta Classica 12, 1969. http://www.casakvsa.org.za/1969/AC12...

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Google Maps
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... (Athenian/Spartan alliances, 431 BC)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... (Peloponnesian League)

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