TMS - Wars That Made the Western World - The Persian Wars, the Peloponnesian War, and the Punic Wars

This course addresses three wars fought in antiquity, each of which had—even two thousand years and more later—a decisive effect in shaping our communal sense of who we are, not only in Europe, but throughout the European cultural diaspora, in the Americas, in Oceania, and to some degree, at least, in Asia and Africa as well—wherever, in short, Western values hold. The three wars to be investigated here are (1) the Persian Wars, between a coalition of Greek city-states or “poleis,” most notably Athens and Sparta, and the Achaemenid Persian empire, the central and decisive portion of which took place between 490 and 479 B.C.E.; (2) the later Peloponnesian War between Athens and her allies and Sparta and hers, 431-404 B.C.E.; and finally (3) the three Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage, which stretched, on and off, for well more than a century, from 264 to 146 B.C.E. Each of these wars helped, in profound and perhaps surprising ways, to shape, even still, our ideals, our identity, and our values. Course Syllabus Lecture 1 The Persian Wars: Greece and Persia, the Opening Rounds Lecture 2 The Persian Wars: Darius, Miltiades, and the Battle of Marathon Lecture 3 The Persian Wars: Xerxes, Leonidas and the 300 Spartans, the Battle of Thermopylae Lecture 4 The Persian Wars: Xerxes, Themistocles, and the Battle of Salamis Lecture 5 The Persian Wars: Mardonius and the Final Victory of Greece: The Battles of Plataea and Mycale Lecture 6 The Peloponnesian War: The Outbreak, Pericles, and the Plague Lecture 7 The Peloponnesian War: Melos and Mytilene, Athens Overreaches Lecture 8 The Peloponnesian War: Alcibiades, Nicias, and Syracuse; Sparta Sends a General Lecture 9 The Peloponnesian War: Arginousai, Aegospotomoi, Lysander and the Bitter End Lecture 10 The Punic Wars: Rome and Carthage, the First Punic War Lecture 11 The Punic Wars: The Second Punic War, Hannibal Crosses the Alps, Lake Trasimene Lecture 12 The Punic Wars: Carthage Triumphant, the Battle of Cannae, Fabius Maximus—Cunctator Lecture 13 The Punic Wars: Rome Wins at Last, Scipio Africanus and Zama Lecture 14 The Punic Wars: “Cartago Delinda Est,” the Third Punic War Course Book Included as well

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borntohula (2008-11-09)

This was great.
Timothy B.Shutt is an excellent professor and very entertaining to listen to.
I learned allot.
To you have any more torrents from this series lectured by Shutt?