Athens: The Truth About Democracy

2007 1 Seasons

Documentary

Bettany Hughes searches out the real truth about the birth of democracy in ancient Athens 2500 years ago

Seasons

1. Episode 1

2007-07-21

The epic story of Athens' victory in one of the greatest sea battles of the ancient world, when the Athenian triremes defeat Xerxes' mighty Persian fleet at Salamis, and the real …

2. Episode 2

2007-07-28

The extraordinary new ideas of the new democracy, and the powerful and dramatic story of Socrates. Celebrated as one of the authors of the new thinking, he ultimately pushed even …