had arisen to their classical age and began shaping the direction of western

civilization. As a scattered collection of individual powers, shared cultural

attributes force historians to consider the inhabitants of the Greek mainland

to be one society governed by the same world view. While having a great deal in

common, the Classical Greeks often battled one another and divided their

loyalties between the two superpowers of the age, the Athenians of Attica and

the Spartans on the Peloponnesus. On this episode we discuss the emergence of

Classical Greece and the rivalry of Athens and Sparta.