The First War for Western Civilization – Season 1
2016
8 Episodes
Episodes
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S01E01
The Beginning
A look at Athens and the First Democracy at the start of the Greco-Persian war.
25 Mar 2016
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S01E02
Treachery
Sparta and Greece; the origins of the war; the Persian invasion of Greece at Marathon and the battle
25 Mar 2016
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S01E03
The Battle of Marathon
The famous battle is examined.
25 Mar 2016
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S01E04
Rise and Fall
Myths of the Battle of Marathon are examined.
25 Mar 2016
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S01E05
The Great Invasion of Xerxes
Leonidas and his 300 Spartans vs. Xerxes and his 250,000 Persians- the battle is joined at Thermopylae.
25 Mar 2016
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S01E06
Leonidas and the 300 Spartans
The facts of the famous battle of Thermopylae.
25 Mar 2016
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S01E07
Decision in Greece
The war continues and is concluded in the Peace of Callias, aka the Peace of Kimon.
25 Mar 2016
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S01E08
Aftermath and Legacy
What the Greco-Persian War means for the modern world.
25 Mar 2016