For Athens

This immersion into Ancient Greece, filmed in the original language, follows in the footsteps of Themistocles and his fearsome adversary Xerxes, through two spectacular military engagements, one on land, the other naval: the battles of Marathon (490 BC) and Salamis (480 BC).

Themistocles against Xerxes, the story of a duel and the exceptional parallel careers of two men of a similar age, but whose origins, beliefs and cultures were very different: the son of a king and the son of democracy itself.