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99. Marathon and the Rise of Greece

Empire

Jack Davenport

History

4.64.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Ionia has revolted and so Darius turns his gaze away from India and towards Greece. He crushes the rebellion, quelling all resistance. He then looks to take much of the Greek mainland and many city states acquiesce before his envoys, but not the Athenians. So the might of the Persian army land at Marathon, ready to face down the belligerent Greeks. What follows is one of history’s most famous battles. Listen as William and Anita are once again joined by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones to discuss the Battle of Marathon. 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 welcome to Empire with me Anita Arnan.

0:33.0

And me, William Durample.

0:35.1

And we are joined once again by the fabulous, the marvelous, the marvelous, the absolutely

0:40.0

mesmerizing Lloyd Wellen Jones, author of Persians, the Age of the Great Kings.

0:44.0

We are loving your storytelling of these ancient characters who we know so little about here in the

0:50.9

West in particular.

0:52.2

We were talking in the last episode about Darius the Great,

0:54.7

his sort of origin story. But we should take this now to the point where he starts to have some

1:01.9

trouble with the Greek.

1:03.2

So can we start with the Ionian revolt of 499?

1:07.2

I mean when we talk about Ionia, Ionia is the Greek Ionian islands like Corfu,

1:12.1

that's what we're talking about.

1:13.2

That's right but also it's the name that we also give to that whole city state system which is now

1:20.7

the Western coast of Turkey.

1:22.8

All that fancy hotel fronted.

1:26.2

That's right, and wonderful, wonderful beaches and all of this.

1:29.2

So basically we're dealing with the great cities of Sardis that we mentioned in a previous episode

1:35.1

Halle Kanasas where Herodotus himself was born isn't it curious of course Herodotus was

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