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The Plague of Athens: Democracy Under Siege by Disease
In 430 BCE, as Athens was locked in the Peloponnesian War with Sparta, a devastating plague struck the city. This episode explores the Plague of Athens through the vivid account of Thucydides, who survived it himself. We discuss the symptoms, the social breakdown, the impact on military strategy, and how the disease killed Pericles and reshaped Athenian democracy. We also touch on modern scientific attempts to identify the pathogen—was it typhoid fever, Ebola, or something else? A chilling look at how a pandemic can unravel a civilization.
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