Season 1

1. The Beginning

2016-03-25

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

2. Treachery

2016-03-25

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

3. The Battle of Marathon

2016-03-25

The famous battle is examined.

4. Rise and Fall

2016-03-25

Myths of the Battle of Marathon are examined.

5. The Great Invasion of Xerxes

2016-03-25

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

6. Leonidas and the 300 Spartans

2016-03-25

The facts of the famous battle of Thermopylae.

7. Decision in Greece

2016-03-25

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

8. Aftermath and Legacy

2016-03-25

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