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Thinking Like a Persian King: Professor John Hyland on the Persian Perspective of the Greco-Persian Wars

2023/9/28
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When we think about the wars between the Persians and the Greeks, our perspective is quite explicitly that of the Greeks. But how did the Persians view these conflicts, and what were they after? Professor John Hyland explains his fascinating research on how the Persians understood war and their war with the Greeks.

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