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Mardonius: The General Who Nearly Conquered Greece
In this episode of The Achaemenid Empire: Persia's Golden Age of Power, Lucas and Luna explore the life and campaigns of Mardonius, the son-in-law of Darius I who led the Persian forces in Greece before and after Marathon. They trace his early career, his role in the Ionian Revolt, his command at the Battle of Plataea in 479 BCE, and his controversial death at the hands of a Spartan hoplite. The episode also unpacks Mardonius's political ambitions, his relationship with Xerxes, and his strategy of offering Athens favorable terms to defect—a gambit that nearly succeeded. With attention to both…
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