The First War for Western Civilization

Episode 01

The Beginning

Mar 25, 2016

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

Episode 02

Treachery

Mar 25, 2016

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

Episode 03

The Battle of Marathon

Mar 25, 2016

The famous battle is examined.

Episode 04

Rise and Fall

Mar 25, 2016

Myths of the Battle of Marathon are examined.

Episode 05

The Great Invasion of Xerxes

Mar 25, 2016

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

Episode 06

Leonidas and the 300 Spartans

Mar 25, 2016

The facts of the famous battle of Thermopylae.

Episode 07

Decision in Greece

Mar 25, 2016

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

Episode 08

Aftermath and Legacy

Mar 25, 2016

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