Ancient World
Ancient power and republics
500 BCE to 200
Conquest, empire, and the political experiments that still shadow later rule.
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Ancient World
500 BCE to 200
Conquest, empire, and the political experiments that still shadow later rule.
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Athens, Greece · 399 BCE to 399 BCE
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399 BCE · Athens, Greece
Athens turns civic judgment into a fatal argument over whether inquiry itself can be tolerated.
Socrates dies, and Plato inherits the burden of remembering what the city has done.
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