Extra History

Extra History

Thermopylae - East vs. West (48x2)


: 14, 2018

Why does everyone know the Greek defeat at Thermopylae, but victories like Salamis and Plataea remain obscure? Because it helped define Greek, and thus “western” culture. And that’s thanks to one man: Herodotus.

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