List of episodes of the series «The First War for Western Civilization»

The Beginning

• Episode number: 1
• Episode description:
  A look at Athens and the First Democracy at the start of the Greco-Persian war.

Treachery

• Episode number: 2
• Episode description:
  Sparta and Greece; the origins of the war; the Persian invasion of Greece at Marathon and the battle

The Battle of Marathon

• Episode number: 3
• Episode description:
  The famous battle is examined.

Rise and Fall

• Episode number: 4
• Episode description:
  Myths of the Battle of Marathon are examined.

The Great Invasion of Xerxes

• Episode number: 5
• Episode description:
  Leonidas and his 300 Spartans vs. Xerxes and his 250,000 Persians- the battle is joined at Thermopylae.

Leonidas and the 300 Spartans

• Episode number: 6
• Episode description:
  The facts of the famous battle of Thermopylae.

Decision in Greece

• Episode number: 7
• Episode description:
  The war continues and is concluded in the Peace of Callias, aka the Peace of Kimon.

Aftermath and Legacy

• Episode number: 8
• Episode description:
  What the Greco-Persian War means for the modern world.