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.
S03 Mid Season Break
S03E10: 1776: Trenton, Princeton, and Washington's Crossing
S03E09: 1775: Bunker Hill and Quebec
S03E08: Lexington and Concord
S03E07: The First Continental Congress
S03E06: Lord Dunmore's War, 1774.
S03E05: Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party
S03E04: Taxes, Taxes, Taxes...The Sugar and Stamp Acts
S03E03: The Paxton Boys and Black Boys Rebellion
S03E02: Pontiac's Rebellion and the Indian Insurgency of 1763
S03E01: 1763, the Birth of a Revolution
S02E16: Q and A Season Two Wrap Up
S02E14: The Persian Wars: The First Invasion and the Battle of Marathon
S02E13: Athens, Sparta, and Classical Greece
S02E12: The Mycenaeans-The First Greeks
S02E11: Atlantis Found? The Lost Civilization of the Minoans
S02E10: Darius and the Persian Conquest
S02E09: Cyrus the Great and the Rise of Persia
S02E08: The Babylonian Empire
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