Atlantis: The Legend (TRIH ep 314, part 1)
360 BCE · Resource
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the origins and afterlife of the Atlantis story, contrasting Graham Hancock’s modern cataclysmic thesis (as presented in his book Magicians of the Gods and Netflix's Ancient Apocalypse) with Plato’s original account. They trace Atlantis to Plato’s dialogues—the Timaeus and Critias—contextualising the tale within Plato’s life, Athenian politics and classical historiography.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 360 BCE
- Wars of the Diadochi (322 BCE)
- Peloponnesian War (431 BCE)
- Reign of Alexander the Great (336 BCE)
- Aristotle (384 BCE)
- Plato (428 BCE)
- Maurya Empire (322 BCE)
- Plato's Republic written (375 BCE)
- Alexander the Great (356 BCE)
- Punic Wars (264 BCE)
- Euclid's Elements (300 BCE)