Season 1
8 episodes · 2016
1The Beginning
A look at Athens and the First Democracy at the start of the Greco-Persian war.
2Treachery
Sparta and Greece; the origins of the war; the Persian invasion of Greece at Marathon and the battle
3The Battle of Marathon
The famous battle is examined.
4Rise and Fall
Myths of the Battle of Marathon are examined.
5The Great Invasion of Xerxes
Leonidas and his 300 Spartans vs. Xerxes and his 250,000 Persians- the battle is joined at Thermopylae.
6Leonidas and the 300 Spartans
The facts of the famous battle of Thermopylae.
7Decision in Greece
The war continues and is concluded in the Peace of Callias, aka the Peace of Kimon.
8Aftermath and Legacyfinale
What the Greco-Persian War means for the modern world.