This video charts the causes and course of the Persian Wars from the Ionian Revolt in 499 BCE through to the Battle of Plataea in 479 BCE. The video is filmed on location at Miletus, Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis, Plataea and Athens to enable students to see the landscapes where the narrative actually occurred.
Duration 51 minutes
Produced for the education market by Astarte Resources 1997
Digital re-mastering by Paul Churcher 2012
Script by Ben Churcher
All rights reserved: Astarte Resources (ww.astarte.com.au)
Keywords: History, Ancient, Greece, Persia, Greeks, Persians, 490 BCE, 480 BCE, Miltiades, Leonidas, Herodotus, Themistocles, Darius, Xerxes, Hellespont, Sardis.
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