Season 1

Episodes

1. 1

   1. The Beginning

   25 Mar 2016

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

2. 2

   2. Treachery

   25 Mar 2016

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

3. 3

   3. The Battle of Marathon

   25 Mar 2016

   The famous battle is examined.

4. 4

   4. Rise and Fall

   25 Mar 2016

   Myths of the Battle of Marathon are examined.

5. 5

   5. The Great Invasion of Xerxes

   25 Mar 2016

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

6. 6

   6. Leonidas and the 300 Spartans

   25 Mar 2016

   The facts of the famous battle of Thermopylae.

7. 7

   7. Decision in Greece

   25 Mar 2016

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

8. 8

   8. Aftermath and Legacy

   25 Mar 2016

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