Season 1 (2016)

The Beginning
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March 25, 2016

A look at Athens and the First Democracy at the start of the Greco-Persian war.

Treachery
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March 25, 2016

Sparta and Greece; the origins of the war; the Persian invasion of Greece at Marathon and the battle

The Battle of Marathon
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March 25, 2016

The famous battle is examined.

Rise and Fall
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March 25, 2016

Myths of the Battle of Marathon are examined.

The Great Invasion of Xerxes
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March 25, 2016

Leonidas and his 300 Spartans vs. Xerxes and his 250,000 Persians- the battle is joined at Thermopylae.

Leonidas and the 300 Spartans
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March 25, 2016

The facts of the famous battle of Thermopylae.

Decision in Greece
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March 25, 2016

The war continues and is concluded in the Peace of Callias, aka the Peace of Kimon.

Aftermath and Legacy
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March 25, 2016

What the Greco-Persian War means for the modern world.