The Long Shadow of the Ancient Greek World

Greece Triumphs - The End of the Persian Wars (1x19)

Air date: May 01, 2009

This lecture covers the advance of Persian forces deeper into Greece. At Salamis, Themistocles lured the Persian fleet to battle, virtually annihilating it. Then in spring 479 a pitched battle was fought at Plataea, in which the Persians were defeated.