
158 - How to Defeat Persia if They Invade You
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Xerxes and the Greeks
Dottis and Arnafernes operating on behalf of Darius who uh supposed I imagine he just didn't think his presence would be necessary to deal with these people okay so they whipped him a marathon and then they they turned tail. They ran back to Persia which was a whole thing and then Xerxes this is how many years later about a decade a little less than a decade right? The Greeks have Xerxes at their doorstep quicker than expected but they also know that if they can get the situation into September Xerxes is going to go home so he's going to run out of food.
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