Episode 1

The Beginning

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

Episode 2

Treachery

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

Episode 3

The Battle of Marathon

The famous battle is examined.

Episode 4

Rise and Fall

Myths of the Battle of Marathon are examined.

Episode 5

The Great Invasion of Xerxes

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

Episode 6

Leonidas and the 300 Spartans

The facts of the famous battle of Thermopylae.

Episode 7

Decision in Greece

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

Episode 8

Aftermath and Legacy

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