48: Anatolia, Conflicts Continue
The Ionian Greeks along with their allies from Athens and Eretria had entered and burn Sardis, though they failed to take the Acropolis. They withdrew back to the coast where the Persian would catch u...
11 Mar 202243min
47: Anatolia, Revolt in the West
The words of the Delphic oracle had rung true, the rising empire founded by Cyrus the great, the Persians had just destroyed a mighty empire, in that of king Croesus and his Lydians. The Greeks of Ion...
25 Feb 202238min
46: Anatolia, West To Ionia
With the collapse of the Bronze Age the Hittite Empire which had dominated Anatolian lands would vanish from the world stage. Its presence and legacy would only be rediscovered in our modern times sho...
11 Feb 202238min
45: The Greek Periphery, Anatolia
45: The Greek Periphery, Anatolia We now arrive to the east of Greek lands in what would become one of the most influential regions to Greek history on its periphery. Anatolia, also known as Asia Min...
28 Jan 202238min
44: Macedon, Balancing Interests
The eve of the Greek and Persian wars would see a point in Macedonian history where the transition of power from one king to another would take place. This would see Amyntas after his rule since the m...
14 Jan 202243min
43: The Greek Periphery, Macedon
Many tribes existed throughout the Balkan region in the Neolithic to the Bronze Age where we would see defined cultures develop with the onset of the Iron Age. We hear origin stories and hints at the ...
17 Des 202137min
42: Thrace, Crossroads of Campaigns
Greek and Roman writers would highlight the Thracians as some of the best mercenaries fielded in foreign armies from the mid-5th century and beyond. They would excel at hit and run tactics, harassing ...
3 Des 202137min
41: The Greek Periphery, Thrace
North East of Greece would be a land seen as wild and untamed stretching from the modern-day nation of Hungary to the Ukraine, and then to the Black Sea and Aegean. The Greeks would view the people th...
19 Nov 202135min
