Thermopylae & Salamis (TRIH eps 98-99)
490 BCE–480 BCE · Resource
A two-part series on the Greco-Persian Wars: the background, Herodotus as the main source and the scale of the Persian Empire, then the last stand at Thermopylae, the fighting at Artemisium and the naval struggle leading to Salamis.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 490 BCE
- Peloponnesian War (431 BCE)
- Persian invasions of Greece (499 BCE)
- Gautama Buddha (563 BCE)
- Achaemenid Persian Empire (550 BCE)
- Confucius (551 BCE)
- Plato (428 BCE)
- Roman Republic founded (509 BCE)
- Cleisthenes' reforms (508 BCE)
- Mahabharata (400 BCE)
- Socrates (469 BCE)