Fatal Conflicts: The Rise and Fall of Civilisations — S1E2 — Xerxes vs Themistocles, Part Two: Athens Rising
Synopsis
In 480 BCE, Xerxes' army invaded Greece as Themistocles led the Greek fleet at Artemisium. Leonidas and 300 Spartans held Thermopylae, but Xerxes' Immortals outflanked them.
About the series
How did ambition and ideology shape the ancient world? We explore two defining rivalries: Xerxes vs Themistocles in the Second Greco-Persian War, and Hannibal vs Scipio in the Second Punic War.
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