{"id":938,"date":"2026-05-18T19:35:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T19:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viasathistory.eu\/episode\/ancient-greece-the-dark-chronicles-s1e3-slaves-and-democrats\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T18:19:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T18:19:33","slug":"ancient-greece-the-dark-chronicles-s1e3-slaves-and-democrats","status":"publish","type":"vsei_episode","link":"https:\/\/viasathistory.eu\/si\/episode\/ancient-greece-the-dark-chronicles-s1e3-slaves-and-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"Ancient Greece: The Dark Chronicles \u2014 S1E3 \u2014 Slaves and Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vsei-meta\"><span><b>Series:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/viasathistory.eu\/si\/serija\/starodavna-grcija-temne-kronike\/\">Stara Gr\u010dija: Temne kronike<\/a><\/span><span><b>Season:<\/b> 1<\/span><span><b>Episode:<\/b> 3<\/span><span><b>Production year:<\/b> 2025<\/span><\/div>\n<h2>Synopsis<\/h2>\n<p>In the sixth century B.C. \/ B.C.E., Athens transformed through war and violence into a democracy; the Persian Wars cement its rise as a groundbreaking achievement &#8211; at the cost of widespread slavery.<\/p>\n<h3>About the series<\/h3>\n<p>When we think of ancient Greece, we think of philosophy and democracy; however, there was also a sinister side to ancient Greece which this series explores from its earliest days through to Hellenism.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Series: Ancient Greece: The Dark ChroniclesSeason: 1Episode: 3Production year: 2025 Synopsis In the sixth century B.C. \/ B.C.E., Athens transformed through war and violence into a democracy; the Persian Wars cement its rise as a groundbreaking achievement &#8211; at the cost of widespread slavery. About the series When we think of ancient Greece, we think [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":939,"template":"","meta":[],"vsei_genre":[19,16],"class_list":["post-938","vsei_episode","type-vsei_episode","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","vsei_genre-ancient-history","vsei_genre-documentary"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ancient Greece: The Dark Chronicles \u2014 S1E3 \u2014 Slaves and Democrats - viasathistory.eu<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/viasathistory.eu\/si\/epizoda\/ancient-greece-the-dark-chronicles-s1e3-slaves-and-democrats\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"sl_SI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ancient Greece: The Dark Chronicles \u2014 S1E3 \u2014 Slaves and Democrats - viasathistory.eu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Series: Ancient Greece: The Dark ChroniclesSeason: 1Episode: 3Production year: 2025 Synopsis In the sixth century B.C. \/ B.C.E., Athens transformed through war and violence into a democracy; the Persian Wars cement its rise as a groundbreaking achievement &#8211; at the cost of widespread slavery. About the series When we think of ancient Greece, we think [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/viasathistory.eu\/si\/epizoda\/ancient-greece-the-dark-chronicles-s1e3-slaves-and-democrats\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"viasathistory.eu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-19T18:19:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/viasathistory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cropped-bda763f7-cfa0-4b5b-accf-40dc99942ee5-DARK_GREECE_F1_Pressefoto_05-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viasathistory.eu\\\/episode\\\/ancient-greece-the-dark-chronicles-s1e3-slaves-and-democrats\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viasathistory.eu\\\/episode\\\/ancient-greece-the-dark-chronicles-s1e3-slaves-and-democrats\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ancient Greece: The Dark Chronicles \u2014 S1E3 \u2014 Slaves and Democrats - viasathistory.eu\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viasathistory.eu\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viasathistory.eu\\\/episode\\\/ancient-greece-the-dark-chronicles-s1e3-slaves-and-democrats\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viasathistory.eu\\\/episode\\\/ancient-greece-the-dark-chronicles-s1e3-slaves-and-democrats\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viasathistory.eu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/cropped-bda763f7-cfa0-4b5b-accf-40dc99942ee5-DARK_GREECE_F1_Pressefoto_05-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-18T19:35:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-19T18:19:33+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viasathistory.eu\\\/episode\\\/ancient-greece-the-dark-chronicles-s1e3-slaves-and-democrats\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"sl-SI\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/viasathistory.eu\\\/episode\\\/ancient-greece-the-dark-chronicles-s1e3-slaves-and-democrats\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"sl-SI\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viasathistory.eu\\\/episode\\\/ancient-greece-the-dark-chronicles-s1e3-slaves-and-democrats\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viasathistory.eu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/cropped-bda763f7-cfa0-4b5b-accf-40dc99942ee5-DARK_GREECE_F1_Pressefoto_05-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viasathistory.eu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/cropped-bda763f7-cfa0-4b5b-accf-40dc99942ee5-DARK_GREECE_F1_Pressefoto_05-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1440},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viasathistory.eu\\\/episode\\\/ancient-greece-the-dark-chronicles-s1e3-slaves-and-democrats\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viasathistory.eu\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ancient Greece: The Dark Chronicles \u2014 S1E3 \u2014 Slaves and Democrats\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viasathistory.eu\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viasathistory.eu\\\/\",\"name\":\"viasathistory.eu\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/viasathistory.eu\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"sl-SI\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ancient Greece: The Dark Chronicles \u2014 S1E3 \u2014 Slaves and Democrats - viasathistory.eu","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/viasathistory.eu\/si\/epizoda\/ancient-greece-the-dark-chronicles-s1e3-slaves-and-democrats\/","og_locale":"sl_SI","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ancient Greece: The Dark Chronicles \u2014 S1E3 \u2014 Slaves and Democrats - viasathistory.eu","og_description":"Series: Ancient Greece: The Dark ChroniclesSeason: 1Episode: 3Production year: 2025 Synopsis In the sixth century B.C. \/ B.C.E., Athens transformed through war and violence into a democracy; the Persian Wars cement its rise as a groundbreaking achievement &#8211; at the cost of widespread slavery. About the series When we think of ancient Greece, we think [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/viasathistory.eu\/si\/epizoda\/ancient-greece-the-dark-chronicles-s1e3-slaves-and-democrats\/","og_site_name":"viasathistory.eu","article_modified_time":"2026-05-19T18:19:33+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1440,"url":"https:\/\/viasathistory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cropped-bda763f7-cfa0-4b5b-accf-40dc99942ee5-DARK_GREECE_F1_Pressefoto_05-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/viasathistory.eu\/episode\/ancient-greece-the-dark-chronicles-s1e3-slaves-and-democrats\/","url":"https:\/\/viasathistory.eu\/episode\/ancient-greece-the-dark-chronicles-s1e3-slaves-and-democrats\/","name":"Ancient Greece: The Dark Chronicles \u2014 S1E3 \u2014 Slaves and Democrats - viasathistory.eu","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/viasathistory.eu\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/viasathistory.eu\/episode\/ancient-greece-the-dark-chronicles-s1e3-slaves-and-democrats\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/viasathistory.eu\/episode\/ancient-greece-the-dark-chronicles-s1e3-slaves-and-democrats\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/viasathistory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cropped-bda763f7-cfa0-4b5b-accf-40dc99942ee5-DARK_GREECE_F1_Pressefoto_05-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2026-05-18T19:35:05+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-19T18:19:33+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/viasathistory.eu\/episode\/ancient-greece-the-dark-chronicles-s1e3-slaves-and-democrats\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"sl-SI","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/viasathistory.eu\/episode\/ancient-greece-the-dark-chronicles-s1e3-slaves-and-democrats\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"sl-SI","@id":"https:\/\/viasathistory.eu\/episode\/ancient-greece-the-dark-chronicles-s1e3-slaves-and-democrats\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/viasathistory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cropped-bda763f7-cfa0-4b5b-accf-40dc99942ee5-DARK_GREECE_F1_Pressefoto_05-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/viasathistory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cropped-bda763f7-cfa0-4b5b-accf-40dc99942ee5-DARK_GREECE_F1_Pressefoto_05-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1440},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/viasathistory.eu\/episode\/ancient-greece-the-dark-chronicles-s1e3-slaves-and-democrats\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/viasathistory.eu\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ancient Greece: The Dark Chronicles \u2014 S1E3 \u2014 Slaves and Democrats"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/viasathistory.eu\/#website","url":"https:\/\/viasathistory.eu\/","name":"viasathistory.eu","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/viasathistory.eu\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"sl-SI"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/viasathistory.eu\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vsei_episode\/938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/viasathistory.eu\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vsei_episode"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/viasathistory.eu\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/vsei_episode"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viasathistory.eu\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/viasathistory.eu\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"vsei_genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viasathistory.eu\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vsei_genre?post=938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}