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The Beginning
A look at Athens and the First Democracy at the start of the Greco-Persian war.
The First War for Western Civilization
Season 1
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8 episodes · First aired 2016-03-25
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Treachery
Sparta and Greece; the origins of the war; the Persian invasion of Greece at Marathon and the battle
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The Battle of Marathon
The famous battle is examined.
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Rise and Fall
Myths of the Battle of Marathon are examined.
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The Great Invasion of Xerxes
Leonidas and his 300 Spartans vs. Xerxes and his 250,000 Persians- the battle is joined at Thermopylae.
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Leonidas and the 300 Spartans
The facts of the famous battle of Thermopylae.
S1 E7
Decision in Greece
The war continues and is concluded in the Peace of Callias, aka the Peace of Kimon.
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Aftermath and Legacy
What the Greco-Persian War means for the modern world.