Empires: The Greeks - Crucible of Civilization The Revolution (Season 1, Episode 1)
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TV Episode | 55 min | Documentary, History

Empires: The Greeks - Crucible of Civilization

The Revolution (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV-G

TV Episode | 55 min | Documentary, History

The first segment tells the story of the troubled birth of the world's first democracy, ancient Athens, through the life of an Athenian nobleman, Cleisthenes.

Director

Cassian Harrison

Writer

Cassian Harrison

Composers

Simon Fisher-Turner | Michael Gibbs

Cinematographer

Lee Pulbrook

Editors

Maggie Choyce | Scott McEwing | Melanie Quigley (as Mel Quigley)

Production Designer

Isolde Sommerfeldt

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Updated Feb 9, 2000

Release date

Feb 9, 2000 (United States)

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
Paul Cartledge Self - Cambridge University Self - Cambridge University See fewer	The Spartans (2004)
Victor Davis Hanson Self - California State University, Fresno Self - California State University, Fresno See fewer	Silence Patton (2018)
Keith Hopwood Self - University of Wales, Lampeter Self - University of Wales, Lampeter See fewer	Empires: The Greeks - Crucible of Civilization (2000)
Liam Neeson Narrator Narrator See fewer	Kinsey (2004)
Josiah Ober Self - Princeton University Self - Princeton University See fewer	The Greeks (2016)
Nigel Spivey Self - Cambridge University Self - Cambridge University See fewer	Cunk on Earth (2022)
Vernon Dobtcheff Cleisthenes (uncredited) Cleisthenes (uncredited) See fewer	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)