Welcome to The Classics Podcast Does…Ancient History A Level, designed for students, teachers and anyone interested in learning more about the ancient world! Episode 3 features Greek historians Dr Maria Fragoulaki and Professor Paul Cartledge examining the reasons why the Athenians lost the Peloponnesian War.

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In TCP Does Ancient History A Level, teacher and author James Renshaw chats to experts about some of the key events, themes, sources and debates in the OCR Ancient History A Level.

Season 1 features six episodes on Greek history, and explores the three interpretation questions on the syllabus, centred on the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars, and three key types of source that feature prominently in the course - Attic inscriptions written and preserved on stone; the comic plays of Aristophanes; and the biographies of  Plutarch (who is also an important source for the Roman Republic Depth Study).

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