In the second of this two part series on the Achaemenid Persian Empire, we continue with Darius the Great's son, Xerxes and some of the main events of the Greco-Persian wars, and then follow the lives of his successors up to Darius III and the fall of the Achaemenid Empire with its conquest by Alexander of Macedonia, a.k.a. Alexander the Great.
Contents:
00:00 Intro and Recap
01:33 Xerxes (486-465 BC)
03:43 Xerxes Invades Greece
08:47 Battle of Thermopylae
11:18 Battle of Salamis
12:40 Battle of Plataea
14:40 Xerxes after Greece
18:26 Artaxerxes I (465-424 BC)
25:57 Darius II (424-404 BC)
30:07 Cyrus the Younger and the Battle of Cunaxa
31:17 Artaxerxes II (404-359 BC)
36:50 Artaxerxes III (359-338 BC)
39:20 Philip II and the Rise of Macedonia
42:25 Darius III (336-330 BC)
44:47 Alexander of Macedon and the Battle of the Granicus River
47:44 Battle of Issus
50:17 Battle of Gaugamela
53:40 The Last Days of Darius III
57:38 End of the Achaemenid Empire and Aftermath
58:54 Thank you and Patrons
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