The First War for Western Civilization

Name: The First War for Western Civilization
Released: 2014-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Ibrehim Arif, Bohdan Brumerskyj, Alex Copeland

TV Show · Documentary · Special Interest

The wars between ancient Greece (West) and Persia (East) 2,500 years ago were a clash between two peoples, two cultures, two systems of government and two continents. The first clash between East and West. A clash that has continued to today.

2014 · 44m

Starring Ibrehim Arif, Bohdan Brumerskyj, Alex Copeland

Director Stanislaw Karpinski

EPISODE 1

The Beginning

Exploring modern connections to the ancient world of Athens, Sparta and Persia, and what made them different from each other.
EPISODE 2

Treachery

A look into how Greece and Persia first came to conflict; the Spartans and their unique position in Greece; the Ionian Revolt, Kimon and Miltiades in Athens and meeting Isodice.
EPISODE 3

The Battle of Marathon

Events leading up to the Battle of Marathon including the mystery of Marathon. Why did the Athenians call for help, then attack the much larger Persian army at Marathon without waiting for that help? The Battle of Marathon.
EPISODE 4

Rise and Fall

A factual breakdown of how the Greeks defeated the Persians at the Battle of Marathon; the fall from grace of Kimon's family, Athens builds their fleet under Themistocles.
EPISODE 5

The Great Invasion of Xerxes

Insight into the challenges encountered and the battles fought by Xerxes and his allies when he invaded Greece with an intention to conquer all of it.
EPISODE 6

Leonidas and the 300 Spartans

A look at the 480 BC battle of Thermopylae, in which Leonidas and his 300 Spartans delay the enormous Persian forces of King Xerxes.