! Extra Information & Clarifications ! Sources for all my videos are in the bibliography of my scripts available for free to download on my Patreon. www.patreon.com/mlaser?filters[tag]=script 0:14 As always, dating in the Classical Period is often extremely hard to determine precisely, hence I prefise every date I say with c. If you want to know more about the dating please go read the sources I have footnoted in the script. 2:18 They would have been far more concerned and identified with their demes and their tribe rather than some political movement. These, however, also weren't political parties as such. Look it up on Wikipedia if you want to know more. 4:05 Cimon even named one of his sons Lacedaimonius, meaning 'the Spartan'. 4:27 5:43 Watch my previous video to get the full context. 6:49 It is disputed whether Themistocles met with Xerxes or Artaxerxes. It all depends on the date of his ostracism which we don't know. 8:06 When I say Persian navy in this video I mean the Phoenician navy. Persia, for the most part, used Phoenicians as their sailors and boat builders. 10:24 This entire period of control by Cimon and the conservatives is called the Areopagite Constitution and it is a debated topic by historians as to what extend it actually occurred because there aren't that many sources that attest to its prominence. I clearly went with the side of the debate that states it did occur. 12:33 Look up demes and trittyes if you want to know exactly how the subdivisions of the new tribes were organized by Cleisthenes. 14:14 The strategoi met in a building called the Strategeion located in the agora, and which was originally a temple dedicated to a war hero called Strategos. This is also why the generals where called strategoi. 14:27 Some low rank government offices like finance and religious officials, or some Delian league administrators, were also sometimes elected by popular vote, but their function and power was very narrow and limited, hence, they couldn't effect the government in any major way. The 5th century Athenians made sure that all relevant government positions were elected by lot. 14:54 The chart of the Athenian government is not complete nor is it 100% accurate. We don’t know the exact functions of all the branches of government and to this day historians debate what exactly fell under the jurisdiction of each branch of the government. Also, the system in Athens changed over time and here I tried to present, to the best of my ability, the system that was present in Athens in c. 465 which is different from both newer and older democratic systems of government that existed in Athens. 17:37 This would change later in the century when Athens will introduce payments for taking up government office. But, we will talk about that ones it happens. 20:20 Plutarch mentions Cimon only securing the area of the Dardanelles not the whole of Marmara. But, since cities of the sea of Marmara end up being on the Athenian tribute list in 454, and there are no mentions of Athens conquering these cities by other historians before 454, I concluded that Cimon's expedition into the Dardanelles also involved securing the Greek cities on the coast of the sea of Marmara.

“Hmm. He wants to ostracize me… but he asked me for his assistance. I must hold myself to virtue, so I’ll write my name “- ostracized former Athenian

Every day you make video is good day

I really like the Athenian videos for what it's worth! I also really appreciate your commitment to captioning your videos as a deaf person.

Wow, such cliffhanger. Thank you for making another Athenian history video.

Bratu please continue making vids about Athens, they are really compelling, intriguing and just awesome.

Im one of the few that likes the Athens videos more than all of the others so thank you for making them.

Sorry to say but you are one of the channels I tend to forget about. But it is always these ancient history videos that keep me coming back and I immediately recognize your work. I don't believe I've seen anyone who makes better content about ancient history than you. You, atleast for me, perfectly ride the line between understandability and depth. And the visuals you make contribute massively to this. I also love how you do one of my favorite things history youtubers do and getting other channels in to explain certain things. I feel like in history there is always someone who can explain any one individual thing better than yourself, and also all the good that normally comes from collaborating. Knowing where to use that is one of the biggest signs of a great history channel on youtube!

I saw squares, and thought Historia Civilis was doing temp work for other channels.

Please continue doing these videos! They are absolute class and it would be a shame to stop their production.

Gotta love how casually you returned after 3 months

How can people not like these??? History channels usually just vaguely mention this historical period, but no channel ever delves into it the way these videos did, especially compared to other historical periods. I absolutely loved these videos, keep making them.

OverSimplified sent me here, in accordance with the prophecy. Keep up the great work.

You know, as time goes on, I come more and more to appreciate the appeal of sortition for selecting certain office holders

Please, post more often if possible.

I really appreciate these videos, I had a lot of trouble every time I tried to understand the history of Athenian democracy, and this video series is definitely helping me a lot.

Democracy is two wolves and sheep deciding what's for dinner.

Athens is very fun! More vids! Also love the Historia Civilis square charakters, very charming

Had no idea you had a series on Athens, I'll have to look at the others! This was really well done and I hope you do more, I think modern audiences get rose-tinted glasses about ancient societies, and understanding them in this kind of context is important to remember they were just like us.

interesting how in ancient times, political influence and military background went hand in hand

Really appreciate you do these videos even though they’re not popular, they’re really foundational to get strong perspectives on political science

I don’t know why these videos aren’t more popular, this series is class! Love learning about this era of history, love your channel.

Hmmm, missing the Historia Civilis music

People love to downplay Athenian democracy these days as "not real" or "rule by aristocratic slavers", but it's nice to see someone give an actual overview of its functions, innovations and flaws. Ancient Athenian history seems weirdly alike more modern, post renaissance history.

I do think that this is an absolutely amazing, informational, interesting series! Please continue in the production of this.

Finnaly a channel that explains more about ancient Athens. Great video dude, i'd love to see more!

what an incredible video! I love your content about Athens, I look forward to future videos on the subject!

I am currently binge watching all your Hellenic/Athenian videos. Keep 'em coming.

I will tell it: We LOVE you for these videos !!!!

Thank you so much for this, I really enjoyed it and I just found out your channel. I appreciate the fact that ancient Greek history is getting some attention and some light shed on it, there are so many things to be learnt from it, in terms of strategy, economy, diplomacy and systems of governance

I love these videos and am so happy you do them

I enjoy these I don’t know what normal well adjusted person wouldn’t want to learn about ancient history!

Keep doing what you love. 30 thousand people that regularly watch your video is not a small number. You are an amazing youtuber and thank you for your dedication.

This video is awesome, thank you! Please more!

Duh we like these videos man, every topic you touch is interesting.

I have no idea why this series hasn’t gotten as many views as your other videos-it’s excellent

Love your videos dude

I just subbed to nothing new because of this video

Thank you for the information/videos 😎

Love this channel and how it covers more obscure topics

Ive been craving for some historical content and here it is!

Thanks a lot. I loce classical Athen and Greece. I'm glad to hear you like making them!

Excellent content!

When ever i see a new athens vid from you, i watch it asap! Realy epic from you to make these, even if views are below average. :)

Great video Have a great Holy Triduum and Easter

very interesting, looking forward to the next part!

I like the classical era videos!

This is phenomenal.

Thank you for making videos about antique history

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Great video!

Thank you for the awesome video even though you didn't have high expectations for viewership :) It was awesome, highly educational. I think we (USA) could take some lessons from the Athenians to improve our legal system and reduce corruption. Def threw a like.

You should definitely keep makong these videos

I enoy the simple art style inspired by my favorite youtuber Historia Civilis

great video sir!

love this

There's a lot to be learnt from the Ancient Athenian democratic system, and we can clearly see that many of its foundations and institutions are absent from the modern Republics. We should really start second guessing, do we really have a democracy?

Love these Athenian videos!

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Pretty great video

4:16 hah! Even today in Greece we call a consul proxenos, it means "close to the foreigners"

Thanks.

I really like these videos fyi!

I love these athen videos, hope you keep making them

10:21 Cimon's invasion of Persia led to the expansion of NATO in Eastern Europe 😂😂😂

I really like these Athens videos. You’d better keep making them or I am gonna report you to the Areopagus!

Very topical

This video was really fun, and made me want to learn more about Athenian democracy. Unfortunately, I don't have enough background for much of the information to stick to. Some basic intro videos may help us common folk enjoy these videos more.

Historia Civilis vibes

Love your videos daddy

Mans really using the Historia Civilis squares. Or maybe Historia Civilis is using the Lazer History squares? I don't know who came first.

yeah, I like these videos about Athens too!

The democrats in Athens WERE the conservatives in their political context. Athenian democracy was hyper conservative and violently resistant to social, political and cultural change, which is why the Athenians exiled so many people, why Praxiteles was forced to find buyers for his work elsewhere and why the people of Athens put Socrates to death.

This time I don't have anything smart to add. I'll just leave a comment for the almighty Algorithm.

Political parties are banned? #based

Great content! Ostracism for those who don’t want Athenian videos 😈

good video

0:04 Actually devising the trick that would lead the Greeks into a trap, so that they are motivated enough to give their best during the now unavoidable and upcoming naval battle... Fighting with your back against the wall, always brings more, and solely a miracle could save Greece at that moment.

For a second I thought this was going to be some kind of late April fools video where everything is a modern political issue reskinned with ancient Greek names

Yeah i love the Athenian videos too!

I really like these athens videos. there reqlly arent that many going more in depth on youtube on this topic.

I like the historia civilis cubes

It makes sense to label the "expand democracy" camp as you did but in whatsense were the red camp "conservative" in either a modern or historical sense?

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That water map looks very NES Final Fantasy I.

hmm, a conservative threat to democracy? how does this sound so familiar...

woooo!!! Athens stans represent!!

Please make another video

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Shouldn't the Patron tiers have the deity tier on top?

The ingenuity of the reforms attributed to Kleisthenes never cease to amaze me. A tremendous leap in political thought!

Historia civilis

Who are you and what have you done with Historia Civilis?

wait are you talking about the US today ???? whaaaaa outstanding timing .... crystal ball for rent??

Nice ancient democracy is very interesting very different from modern democracy and politics. but still better than what happened for most of history .where you just had kings and nobles controlling everything just because of their ancestors. maybe it was even better than the modern systems in some ways. and we still have and a lot of countries don't have democracy at all today .so ancient Greece and Rome where 2500 years ahead of countries like Russia and china.

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the problem with distributing power vs centralized/oligarchical power is that the common people though way more numerous are far weaker than the Upper class. the upper class will eventually win or get to a position where they dont need to win

Don't think it's a good idea to copy Historia Civilis' art style and presentation to a T; stick with your old style of videos, no need for the squares, will simply make your videos look like a knockoff.