Thebes: When Defeat Eviscerates Culture
![The sacking of Thebes, Greece, in 335 BC by Alexander The Great, aka Alexander III of Macedon.](/sites/default/files/styles/hero/public/2022-01/GettyImages-929238920.jpg?h=4da8dd44&itok=_TEErPVu)
After a short epilogue to Jan. 6 craze, Victor Davis Hanson and Sami Winc discuss the history of Thebes, its destruction in the 4th century, and its legacy to the 20th century—its an amazing sweep through Greek history with the city at the center.
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