101. Salamis: Athens’ Revenge

Empire

Jack Davenport

History

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🗓️ 28 November 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Leonidas and the 300 have been defeated at Thermopylae, leaving the way to Athens open. With the Persians advancing, many Athenians flee to the island of Salamis in the hope it will give them shelter. From there, they see flames lick the sky as the Persians burn Athens. But their leader, Themistocles, has readied the fleet for one last battle with Xerxes. Listen as William and Anita are once again joined by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones to discuss the Battle of Salamis and the end of the Persian invasion of Greece. For bonus episodes, ad-free listening, reading lists, book discounts, a weekly newsletter, and a chat community. Sign up at https://empirepod.supportingcast.fm/ Twitter: @Empirepoduk Email: [email protected] Goalhangerpodcasts.com Producer: Callum Hill Exec Producer: Jack Davenport + Neil Fearn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:15.1	W. Empire pod UK.com. Hello and me and me William Durimple and by a huge public acclaim I think probably one of our most
0:40.4	popular guests on the empire podcast is back with us yay!
0:45.0	The wonderful Lloyd. Welcome, welcome Lloyd Llewellyn Jones.
0:48.6	Thank you so much. We didn't scare you off last time.
0:50.7	On the contrary, on the contrary, I I loved it I really did and thank you very
0:54.6	much for the kind feedback and it's wonderful wonderful wonderful to be back with you.
0:58.4	My daughter has fallen in love with your voice and said I want to meet this wonderful charming Welsh historian,
1:06.4	she said. It's all in the accent. No, it's not just the accent. It's the twinkle that you bring with you.
1:13.2	Ah, well, thank you very much.
1:14.9	Not at all.
1:15.9	Now look, we are here to talk about the Battle of Salamus,
1:19.4	the end of the Persian invasion of Greece.
1:23.0	William, just remind us where we're picking up from
1:24.8	in this relay race through history.
1:26.6	So Lloyd, in the last episode, we had Paul Cartledge talking about the Spartans.
1:31.7	Ah, fantastic.
1:32.6	And so we had a wonderful sketch by him of who the Spartans were, what they were for,
1:39.3	and their military ways and their're tough Spartan.
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