Why Did Ancient Greece Decline?

How the brilliant city-states of Classical Greece became an unremarkable Roman province. My new book, "Insane Emperors, Sunken Cities, and Earthquake Machines" is now available! Check it out here: https://www.amazon.com/Insane-Emperors-Sunken-Earthquake-Machines/dp/1633888932 Check out my other YouTube channels, @toldinstonefootnotes and @scenicroutestothepast Please consider supporting toldinstone on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/toldinstone If you're so inclined, you can follow me elsewhere on the web: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/wiki/profiles/toldinstone https://www.instagram.com/toldinstone/ https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20993845.Garrett_Ryan Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:00 Theories, ancient and modern 1:39 The influence of 2:03 The agora of Thasos 2:35 Political economies 3:32 The forum of Philippi 4:20 Oligarchies 4:49 Cultural inertia 5:20 The theater of Philippi 6:09 A completed culture 7:04 What happened to Athens?