The First War for Western Civilization
The First War for Western Civilization
Season 1
20168 episodes
Episodes
- E1
The Beginning
2016-03-25
A look at Athens and the First Democracy at the start of the Greco-Persian war.
- E2
Treachery
2016-03-25
Sparta and Greece; the origins of the war; the Persian invasion of Greece at Marathon and the battle
- E3
The Battle of Marathon
2016-03-25
The famous battle is examined.
- E4
Rise and Fall
2016-03-25
Myths of the Battle of Marathon are examined.
- E5
The Great Invasion of Xerxes
2016-03-25
Leonidas and his 300 Spartans vs. Xerxes and his 250,000 Persians- the battle is joined at Thermopylae.
- E6
Leonidas and the 300 Spartans
2016-03-25
The facts of the famous battle of Thermopylae.
- E7
Decision in Greece
2016-03-25
The war continues and is concluded in the Peace of Callias, aka the Peace of Kimon.
- E8
Aftermath and Legacy
2016-03-25
What the Greco-Persian War means for the modern world.