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