“On, sons of the Hellenes! Fight for the freedom of your country! Fight for the freedom of your children and of your wives, for the gods of your fathers and for the sepulchres of your ancestors! All are now staked upon the strife!” - Aeschylus

Ashton and Riley dive into the root cause of the famous Greco-Persian Wars. Outlining the lesser-known but equally important Ionian Revolt and the battle of Sardis. What led up to it, who were the important leaders, and most importantly, what's to come. All in this episode of Human Histories