Athenian democracy
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Athenian democracy has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Rest Is History. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
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Tom HollandEnglish actor cast as Telemachus
Holland suggests the Athenians joined the revolt partly because they underestimated Persia, probably equating it with the Lydians as a regional overlord.
“they probably don't have a sense of just how vast the persian empire is and how immense the resources available to the persian king”
The Rest Is History: 668. Greece vs Persia: The Rise of the First Superpower (Part 1) (May 10, 2026) · Listen from 50:18
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- The Rest Is History · 1 episode
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668. Greece vs Persia: The Rise of the First Superpower (Part 1)The Rest Is History · May 10, 2026 · 1 h 13 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace Darius I's rise, the Ionian Revolt and Athens' role in burning Sardis, leading up to the Persian landing at Marathon in 490 BC.