A discussion about Herodotus and his interactions with a Central Asian tribal leader who warns the Greeks about the consequences of attacking their ancestral graves.
The Scythian leaders send a messenger to the Persian camp but Darius struggles to find a way out of their predicament and leaves a general in Thrace upon returning home.
The Ionian Revolt was a period of revolt of Greek cities under Persian rule in modern-day Turkey from 499 to 493 BCE, which threatened cities that depend on grain shipments from the northern part of the Black Sea. Despite the revolt, the Greeks were great colonizers with cities all over the Mediterranean region.
Aristagoras pitches the idea of the Ionian revolt to the Spartan king, offering gold, silver, bronze, clothing, animals and slaves as rewards. This episode covers the history of the Ionian revolt and the famous Battle of Marathon.