Air date: 2016-03-25

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A look at Athens and the First Democracy at the start of the Greco-Persian war.

Air date: 2016-03-25

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Sparta and Greece; the origins of the war; the Persian invasion of Greece at Marathon and the battle

Air date: 2016-03-25

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The famous battle is examined.

Air date: 2016-03-25

Runtime: min

Myths of the Battle of Marathon are examined.

Air date: 2016-03-25

Runtime: min

Leonidas and his 300 Spartans vs. Xerxes and his 250,000 Persians- the battle is joined at Thermopylae.

Air date: 2016-03-25

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The facts of the famous battle of Thermopylae.

Air date: 2016-03-25

Runtime: min

The war continues and is concluded in the Peace of Callias, aka the Peace of Kimon.

Air date: 2016-03-25

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What the Greco-Persian War means for the modern world.