669. Greece vs. Persia: The Battle of Marathon (Part 2)
The episode delivers a gripping, dramatized retelling of the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC, where the outnumbered Athenians defeated the Persian invasion force, an event later mythologized as a foundational clash between freedom and despotism. Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook explor
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