57: Troubles on the Peloponnese

Casting Through Ancient Greece - Un podcast de Mark Selleck

In 464 BC, Poseidon the earth shaker would rock the Peloponnese, seeing Sparta take the full force of the earthquake. A number of the ancient sources would record the terrible event and the scale of destruction and suffering experienced by the Spartans. Modern day studies would show that the what Sparta experienced was likely on the same scale as the earth quake that struck Haiti in 2021 of our time.The impact to Sparta was great enough that their Helot class would view their masters as vulne...

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