E1 · The Beginning
A look at Athens and the First Democracy at the start of the Greco-Persian war.
E2 · Treachery
Sparta and Greece; the origins of the war; the Persian invasion of Greece at Marathon and the battle
E3 · The Battle of Marathon
The famous battle is examined.
E4 · Rise and Fall
Myths of the Battle of Marathon are examined.
E5 · The Great Invasion of Xerxes
Leonidas and his 300 Spartans vs. Xerxes and his 250,000 Persians- the battle is joined at Thermopylae.
E6 · Leonidas and the 300 Spartans
The facts of the famous battle of Thermopylae.
E7 · Decision in Greece
The war continues and is concluded in the Peace of Callias, aka the Peace of Kimon.
E8 · Aftermath and Legacy
What the Greco-Persian War means for the modern world.