Thermopylae & Salamis (TRIH eps 98-99)
480 BCE · Resource
This episode continues a multipart Rest Is History treatment of the Greco-Persian Wars, with Tom Holland narrating the climax: the aftermath of Thermopylae and the naval struggle leading to Salamis. Dominic Sandbrook moderates and asks listener questions throughout. Holland recounts the Spartan last stand led by Leonidas I, the betrayal by Ephialtes, and the storm-damaged Persian fleet at Artemisium. He then narrates Themistocles' intelligence manoeuvres and deception that drew Xerxes' fleet...
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 480 BCE
- Mahabharata (400 BCE)
- Ramayana (500 BCE)
- Persian invasions of Greece (499 BCE)
- Gautama Buddha (563 BCE)
- Achaemenid Persian Empire (550 BCE)
- Confucius (551 BCE)
- Aristotle (384 BCE)
- Peloponnesian War (431 BCE)
- Plato (428 BCE)
- Roman Republic founded (509 BCE)