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Athens and Persia: The Peace of Callias That Never Was
Was there really a formal peace treaty between Athens and Persia in the mid-5th century BCE? The so-called Peace of Callias has divided historians for generations. Some, like Plutarch, describe an agreement that ended the Greco-Persian Wars after the Battle of the Eurymedon. Others, including Thucydides, never mention it. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the evidence: the fragments of the decree recorded by the 4th-century orator Isocrates, the suspicious silence in Thucydides' history, and the political context of the 460s and 450s BCE. They examine the mission of Callias, the…
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