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Greco-Persian Wars
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Why Persia Had to Crush Athens: The Road to Marathon | EP 1
The Rest Is History·May 11, 2026
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The Spartan decision to execute Persian ambassadors was motivated by their need to maintain prestige.
“And so she cannot afford to lose face. It's very important to the maintenance of her prestige and of her kind of um empire in the Pelpines southern Greece that she isn't seen to submit to the demands of some distant foreigner.”
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