• DZ Season 063 Part 2. 300 Spartans and All That – Xerxes Reveals His Planned Invasion, but ...

  • Sep 18 2024
  • Duración: 24 m
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DZ Season 063 Part 2. 300 Spartans and All That – Xerxes Reveals His Planned Invasion, but ...

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  • Let’s pretend that you are Xerxes, in charge of the greatest empire the world has ever seen. Your dad, Darius, had suffered a humiliating defeat, in 490 B.C. at the hands of the Athenians, losing the Battle of Marathon and having to flee back to Persia with his tail between his legs. Pretty embarrassing – very embarrassing in fact. Your dad decided to revenge himself on the Greeks. He started the preparations for the rematch with the Greeks, but died just 4 years later before he could launch his invasion. The big decision for Xerxes was whether he would go ahead with these plans of his father. But then his uncle, Artabanus, said that he thought that wouldn’t be a good idea. Pretty gutsy of Artabanus – which often in such an environment means that he was put to death. So how did Artabanus go after telling the most powerful man on earth, and I’m not talking about Joe Biden, in front of all of the Persian empires greatest noblemen, who Xerxes had just told that he had decided to invade Greece, that he might want to re-think that. Tag words: Xerxes; Darius; Artabanus; Herodotus; The Histories; Mardonius; Datis; Artaphernes; Battle of Marathon;
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