BONUS: Who Caused the Peloponnesian War?

After the simmering conflict between Athens and its allies squaring up against Sparta and its allies, often referred to as the "First Peloponnesian War," the warring parties entered into a treaty known as the "Thirty Years' Peace." But well before thirty years were up, the Spartans voted to lead the Peloponnesian League into war against their Athenian rival. Whose fault was it? One of the proximate causes for the declaration of war was the conflict in northwest Greece over Epidamnus and Corcyra. Athens claimed that intervening against Corinth in favor of Corcyra did not violate the terms of the Peace. Corinth argued, however, that by roping an unaligned city into the Delian League, Athens violated the spirit of the treaty. 

In this New Humanists+ bonus episode, the sixth installment of the "Greece Occidens" megaseries, Jonathan and Ryan read and discuss "Chapter Three: Enter Athens" of Donald Kagan's The Peloponnesian War.

Donald Kagan's The Peloponnesian War: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780142004371

Music: Subway Cell by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com