Themes

History by subject, across periods and places.

War

Campaigns, battles and why they were fought

499 – 449 BC The Persian Wars Not one war but a series of them: a revolt in Ionia, two Persian invasions of Greece, and thirty years of Greek counterattacks. Thermopylae, Marathon and Salamis all belong to this story, but to different chapters of it.

Empires

How empires rose, ruled and fell

499 – 449 BC The Persian Wars Not one war but a series of them: a revolt in Ionia, two Persian invasions of Greece, and thirty years of Greek counterattacks. Thermopylae, Marathon and Salamis all belong to this story, but to different chapters of it.

More themes appear here as new stories are published.