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Battlefield Command Podcast

Jun 12, 2021

Plataea is one of the many forgotten battles of the ancient world. A grand coalition of Greek city-states came together in a massive show of strength to oppose the Persian Empire. Nonetheless, the odds were still against the Greeks--as they had been at Marathon--at Thermopylae-- at Salamis, and now, at Plataea....


Dec 29, 2020

Leonidas and his allied coalition fought valiantly against the Persians and their massive army. The very fate of Greece hung in the balance while Xerxes tried to batter away at this seemingly impregnable defensive position. Xerxes ended up losing thousands of men against such a small number of men. Ultimately the losses...


Dec 22, 2020

It is now ten years after the miraculous victory at Marathon. A thousand nations of the Persian Empire are on the march.  This vast host drains the rivers dry and shakes the very earth with its march. Such a vast host had never before been assembled in the annals of history and this great army had but one objective....


Dec 8, 2020

I just wished to give my thanks to the growing numbers of listeners out there in this vast world by talking about a runner whose act has gone down in legend. This young man known as Pheidippides should've been the inspiration for the awesome meme hold my beer since if running the entire distance from Athens to Sparta...