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Mardonius: The Persian General Who Almost Won Greece
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the career of Mardonius, the Achaemenid general who led the second Persian invasion of Greece after Marathon and nearly succeeded where his king Xerxes had failed. They discuss his early role in the Ionian Revolt, his command at the Battle of Salamis, the winter of 480-479 BCE in Thessaly, and the decisive Battle of Plataea. The conversation covers Greek sources like Herodotus, the political dynamics between Mardonius and Xerxes, the tactical decisions that led to Persian defeat, and the legacy of a commander who came within a hair's breadth of…
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