Background to war: The coming of the Persians -- Warring sides: Persia, Sparta and Athens -- Outbreak: Dareios sends an expedition to Greece -- The fighting: Xerxes' invasion of Greece -- Portrait of a soldier: Aristodemos the Spartan -- The world around war: Persian Architecture -- Portraits of civilians: Demokedes and Demaratos -- How the wars ended: The Greeks attack the Persian Empire -- Conclusion and consequences: The Peloponnesian War.
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Examines the series of wars between the Greeks and the Persian Empire, including coverage of the people, societies, and cultures that produced them.