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Season 1 Episodes
1. The Beginning
March 25th, 2016
A look at Athens and the First Democracy at the start of the Greco-Persian war.
2. Treachery
March 25th, 2016
Sparta and Greece; the origins of the war; the Persian invasion of Greece at Marathon and the battle
3. The Battle of Marathon
March 25th, 2016
The famous battle is examined.
4. Rise and Fall
March 25th, 2016
Myths of the Battle of Marathon are examined.
5. The Great Invasion of Xerxes
March 25th, 2016
Leonidas and his 300 Spartans vs. Xerxes and his 250,000 Persians- the battle is joined at Thermopylae.
6. Leonidas and the 300 Spartans
March 25th, 2016
The facts of the famous battle of Thermopylae.
7. Decision in Greece
March 25th, 2016
The war continues and is concluded in the Peace of Callias, aka the Peace of Kimon.
8. Aftermath and Legacy
March 25th, 2016
What the Greco-Persian War means for the modern world.
