34: Persia's Greek War with Trevor Culley
We have now reached the end of the Greco-Persian Wars, but with most of our sources focusing on the Greek experience and perhaps not giving us a completely accurate picture of the Persians. In this ep...
2 Jul 20211h 29min
33: Persia in Defeat
The Persian Empire had launched its first invasion against Greece in 492 BC after their involvement in the Ionian revolt. The campaign that came across the Aegean Sea would fall short of capturing Ath...
18 Jun 202142min
32: Victory in Greece
The Hellenic league had now been victorious in two major engagements of 479 BC, at Plataea on the Greek mainland and Mycale in Persian territory. This would effectively see the end of the Persian inva...
4 Jun 202133min
Interview: Jeff Murray
Jeff Murray is a pen and ink artist that creates intricate works on canvas inspired by exploration and travel. He resides and has setup a studio in a rural setting in the UK where he can peruse his pa...
31 Mai 20211h 37min
31. The Battle of Mycale
The battle of Plataea had been fought and won on the plains of Boeotia, seeing the Persian land forces finally defeated. Though, this wasn’t the end of the campaign, there was still yet another battle...
21 Mai 202137min
30. Collaboration Episode: Part 1 Featuring Spartan History Podcast
For this episode I take a break from our narrative to bring you a collaboration that I had teamed up with Steve from Spartan History Podcast to record. We went into this conversation without any scrip...
7 Mai 20211h 25min
29. The Battle of Plataea
As the sun rose over the plains of Boeotia, the battle of Plataea would now finally be decided this day. The various Greek wings had got underway and began falling back in three sections, the centre h...
23 Apr 202138min
28. The First Clash
The Hellenic league had now arrived in the foothills of the Citheron Mountains, with still more contingents continually arriving throughout the hours and days to come. Pausanias, hastily deployed what...
9 Apr 202132min
