Vol 3 Ep 20 - BATTLE - The Battle of Gaugamela ( 331 BCE )
331 BCE - The inevitable showdown between Alexander the Great and Darius III took place at Gaugamela, in a battle which would change the world as everyone know it forever.
26 Apr 202053min
Vol 3 Ep 19 - BATTLE - The Battle of Issus ( 333 BCE )
333 BCE - Alexander the Great had ventured deeper into Persian territory than any other invader. So Darius decided to make a surprise move to cut him off from his supply lines entrapping him in a nar...
19 Apr 202042min
Vol 3 Ep 18 - PROFILE - Alexander the Great
356 - 323 BCE - In our second profile episode, we look at a man who is arguably the greatest military leader ever, the Macedonian king, Alexander the Great.
12 Apr 202042min
Vol 3 Ep 17 - Ancient Greece: The Rise of Macedon
362 - 335 BCE - With the southern Balkan poleis exhausted through continued warfare, one leader in the north was holding all the cards. This is the story of Philip II of Macedon's achievements.
5 Apr 202041min
Vol 3 Ep 16 - Ancient Greece: Classical Greek Culture
510 - 323 BCE - Greek Gods, Olympic Games, Oracle of Delphi, architecture, pottery, Great Dionysia, historians, science, mathematics, philosophy and education all rolled up into one complete episode.
29 Mars 202045min
Vol 3 Ep 15 - BATTLE - The Battle of Leuctra ( 371 BCE )
With Athens a shadow of its former self, the road to glory was left open to the Spartans, but an old adversary called Thebes would have something to say about it.
22 Mars 202042min
Vol 3 Ep 14 - Ancient Greece: Peloponnesian War, Part Two
447 - 404 BCE - The conflict reaches a defining climax as natural events and individual decisions involve much of the Greek speaking world. Will it be Athens or Sparta who prevails?
15 Mars 202046min
Vol 3 Ep 13 - Ancient Greece: Peloponnesian War, Part One
479 - 447 BCE - The Persians had been expelled from the Balkan peninsula. Fate deals its hand to the Greek lands as the region heads towards further conflict.
8 Mars 202043min
