Bettany Hughes - The Ancient Worlds: Athens The Truth About Democracy [6.2/7]

During the fifth century Athens was constantly at war with the Spartans. The Peloponnesian war took conflict to new levels of bloody aggression and cruelty.

Against this violent background Athens also cultivated great thinkers, artists and scientists.

Bettany uncovers research showing how democracy fed new ideas and brought them into conflict with traditional beliefs. She reveals the astonishing burnt fragments of an ancient papyrus discovered on a tomb that is completely changing the way we view Athens.

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