The First War for Western Civilization - Season 1
2016 • 8 episodes
About this season
Episodes
Seasons & Episodes
The Beginning
Episode 1 • Mar 25, 2016
A look at Athens and the First Democracy at the start of the Greco-Persian war.
Treachery
Episode 2 • Mar 25, 2016
Sparta and Greece; the origins of the war; the Persian invasion of Greece at Marathon and the battle
The Battle of Marathon
Episode 3 • Mar 25, 2016
The famous battle is examined.
Rise and Fall
Episode 4 • Mar 25, 2016
Myths of the Battle of Marathon are examined.
The Great Invasion of Xerxes
Episode 5 • Mar 25, 2016
Leonidas and his 300 Spartans vs. Xerxes and his 250,000 Persians- the battle is joined at Thermopylae.
Leonidas and the 300 Spartans
Episode 6 • Mar 25, 2016
The facts of the famous battle of Thermopylae.
Decision in Greece
Episode 7 • Mar 25, 2016
The war continues and is concluded in the Peace of Callias, aka the Peace of Kimon.
Aftermath and Legacy
Episode 8 • Mar 25, 2016
What the Greco-Persian War means for the modern world.