Plataea 429-427 BC - Peloponnesian War DOCUMENTARY

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Script: Christos Nicolaou
Animation: Antoni Kameran

#Documentary #PeloponnesianWar #Sparta
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Ah, the Battle of Plataea. A key moment of unity among the Greeks in their history.

*checks notes*

Hey....wait a minute....

LoneWanderer
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I really thought of it myself 'hey that strategy of building two walls to make a siege was a thing before Caesar and he adopted it almost 400 years later?' No wonder he was one of the well-educated and wise men in Rome at that time. He must've read Thucydides!

ulysses
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"What good thing did you do for Sparta".
That was the question Spartans asked Plateans before kill them in that farce trial. How easily Greeks forget....
In order to not disappoint their Theban allies, they did not respect Platea as sacred ground and all that Plateans offered in Greco-Persian wars.
Notably the Thebans fought for Persians a few years back in the battle of Platea.

st-pspd
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No wonder Caesar was a quick learner at Alesia

doanphat
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Great video but a small correction is needed. As a fellow Greek i know of the events well: the town of Platea was rebuild by its citizens after the Peloponnesian War but the Thebans destroyed it again after their victory at Leuctra in 371 BC and took their lands which made Athens bitterly disappointed with the Thebans. They then lost at the battle of Chaeronea in 338 against Phillip of Macedon and at the sack of Thebes by the forces of Alexander the Great the Plateans took their revenge and later rebuilt their town with the blessings of the Hellenic League

chessmastertactics
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Man, Caesar must have read Thucydides before his war with the Gauls.

zach
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The videos you make are always so detailed and interesting. As a college history professor, I teach survey courses, I have shared my lectures as a free resource for people. What I like about your channel is you do a deep dive into many topics I don't have time to cover in my courses. I often tell my students to watch some of your videos to get more detail on battles we talk about in class.

HistoryfortheAges
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Yes!
Thank you again Kings and Generals!
Please more Greek history! ❤

queldron
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None of these videos on ancient history should have ever been patron exclusive. This content is why I subscribed in the first place

Scipio_Mexicanus
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I know that talking nowadays is easy because we knew the situation in general, but Athena literally told the city not to surrender, and the city did not surrender and waited for help, and yet Athena did not help, worse, Athena let them starve and soon after die executed, apparently the "good relationship" between Athenas and Plataea was only on one side.

thelastsamurai
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So much interesting events during this period, i wish mainstream would make more series about ancient history.

caboosej
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Sparta after the Battle of Plataea during the Persian invasion: "Plataea is sacred! We will defend it against any who wish to attack it!"

Sparta to Plataea during the Peloponnesian War: "💀"

krygswyrfer
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This channel and its videos are so good to watch, telling me new things and reinforcing stuff I already knew. I've even recommended you guys to my Uni History lecturer.

nikoliaskos
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Spartans tried to build a. highway on the Plateans' walls but the Plateans were digging under it. When the Spartans realized it and faced it by using clay which made it stable, then the Plateans built new walls inside old walls so the ramp couldn't pass their defence.

Great engineering war in Platea

kanenasithaki
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kwezicanca
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To fellow Greeks. You know the phrase: 'ανδρών επιφανών πάσα γη τάφος'. Here we hear it once again. :)

georgezachos
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This is insane 2 video about the same city !!! And also the fact that ceasar used the same tactics 350 years later is just crazy thanks kings and generals for these incredibly well done videos !!

samuelmargueret
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shehansenanayaka
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Kings and Generals, you are simply great! I enjoy your videos so much! Thank you and have a great summer :)

eriksteen
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Never knew before how fascinating Peloppenesian War is. When I took ancient history, this war was completely glossed over by my professor.

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