Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The Ancients host Tristan Hughes and historian Roel Konijnendijk debate some wild theories about Ancient Greece, and Ancient Greek Warfare. In this episode of Agree to Disagree, the two historians discuss;

00:00 Introduction
01:17 The Trojan War Actually Happened
05:08 The Spartans Were the Best Warriors in the Ancient World
07:38 Athens Was a Democracy
10:50 Achilles Would Beat Hercules in a Fight
13:39 Greek Architecture Would Have Looked Tacky
16:39 Zeus Was More Evil Than Hades
19:24 Odysseus is the Greatest Greek Hero
22:17 Alexander the Great Would Have Conquered Asia If He'd Lived
27:00 The Persians Were More Civilised than the Greeks
29:40 The Romans Owe Their Success to the Greeks
34:45 Conclusion

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