More than a decade after the victory at Marathon, Greece found itself under the threat of a new menace. Commanded by the young new Emperor Xerxes I, the Persian Army returned to Europe with over 200,000 men in what was the largest invasion force the world had ever seen. While diplomacy was committed by brute force and sheer numbers, the powerful Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta joined in alliance to confront their new enemy and change Western history forever. On this episode we discuss the Second Invasion of Greece, the 300 Spartans, the Battle of Thermopylae, and the end of the Greco-Persian Wars.
S04E14: Otto von Bismarck, the Iron Chancellor and the Second Reich
S04E13: Pocahontas, the Lady of Virginia
S04E12: William Wallace, No Braveheart
S04E11: Denmark Vesey and Slave Rebellion
S04E10: Crazy Horse, Defender of the Plains
S04E09: Captain Edward J. Smith, RMS Titanic
S04E08: George W. Bush: Days of Fire
S04E07: Robert E. Lee, Hero or Traitor?
S04E06: Boudica, Warrior Queen of Britain
S04E05: Herbert Hoover, American Nero?
S04E04: Pakal, Mayan Overlord
S04E03: Shaka Zulu
S04E02: Vlad Dracula, The Impaler Lord
S04E01: Alexander the Great
S03 Wrap Up
S03E16: Victory at Yorktown?
S03E14: Hessians: Mercenaries, Rebels, and the War for British North America
S03E13: 1779: George Washington Devastates Iroquoia.
S03E12: 1778: A Very Global Affair
S03E11: 1777: The Year of the Hangman, Saratoga
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