The Victor Davis Hanson Show cover image

Comeuppance, Conquest and Terror

The Victor Davis Hanson Show

00:00

The Persian Empire and the Persian Empire in the Middle East

In a series of four climatic battles and two great sieges in the space of about five years he destroys the Persian empire. In this period of four battles he kills over 200 000 Persians in battle and he kills over 40,000 Greeks. He was a very brilliant propaganda because when we were doing all of this there's no more freedom really after alexander and destroying the persian empire he did it all for us.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app