Alcibiades: The Biggest Jerk of the Classical Age

One of the most colorful and hilariously-narcissistic figures in all of history, Alcibiades was a hard-partying, self-obsessed Athenian nobleman who caused mischief anywhere he went, shifted alliances as it suited him, and routinely found himself fleeing from people who wanted to murder him. But he also happened to be a genius military commander who won huge battles in the Peloponnesian War... while leading armies on both sides of the conflict. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices