The Greco-Persian Wars 4: Plataea and the Aftermath
The Persian Wars came to an end in the spring of 479 BC, when the land forces of the allied Greeks met the Persian army in an epic clash at Plataea. But the legacy of the Persian Wars would last for d...
2 Nov 202335min
Cutting-Edge Archaeology on the Eurasian Steppe: Gino Caspari on the Scythians
In excavating massive Iron Age burial mounds in southern Siberia, Dr. Gino Caspari is doing some of the most innovative archaeology in the world, and he's doing it in one of the most remote places on ...
26 Okt 202348min
The Greco-Persian Wars, Part 3: Athens in Flames and the Battle of Salamis
The Persian invasion of Greece aimed to do one thing above all else: punish Athens for its transgressions against the Great King. After defeating Leonidas, the vast army descended on Attica and burned...
19 Okt 202337min
The Greco-Persian Wars, Part 2: Xerxes and the Invasion of Greece
In 480 BC, the Persian Great King Xerxes descended on mainland Greece with one of the largest armies and navies the world had ever seen. The Persians swept through the approaches to Greece, winning al...
12 Okt 202340min
The Greco-Persian Wars, Part 1: The Ionian Revolt to the Battle of Marathon
The wars between the Persians and the Greeks have become a cornerstone of the idea of "Western Civilization," a defining moment when Greeks became Greeks in opposition to the outside world. But this s...
5 Okt 202341min
Thinking Like a Persian King: Professor John Hyland on the Persian Perspective of the Greco-Persian Wars
When we think about the wars between the Persians and the Greeks, our perspective is quite explicitly that of the Greeks. But how did the Persians view these conflicts, and what were they after? Profe...
28 Sep 20231h 1min
Persia Ascendant
While Cyrus the Great built the Persian Empire from the ground up, his successors expanded it until the new state stretched from the Indus Valley of Pakistan to the Upper Nile, Kazakhstan to the Aegea...
21 Sep 202339min
Midas, Croesus, and the Lost Kingdoms of Iron Age Anatolia
The kingdoms of Iron Age Anatolia survive only as whispers in the archaeological and historical record; others exist through enigmatic references and legends in the writings of foreigners; and still o...
14 Sep 202343min
