Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

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Yeah, I think it's worth stressing that Xerxes really presents himself as a continuity candidate, which has a lot of sort of grounding in the fact that Darius was a usurper, but we don't have time to get into that particular story. We've done an episode with Lloyd all about Darius the Great. Oh, perfect. So I refer you back to Lloyd.

Yeah, I think it's worth stressing that Xerxes really presents himself as a continuity candidate, which has a lot of sort of grounding in the fact that Darius was a usurper, but we don't have time to get into that particular story. We've done an episode with Lloyd all about Darius the Great. Oh, perfect. So I refer you back to Lloyd.

Yeah, I think it's worth stressing that Xerxes really presents himself as a continuity candidate, which has a lot of sort of grounding in the fact that Darius was a usurper, but we don't have time to get into that particular story. We've done an episode with Lloyd all about Darius the Great. Oh, perfect. So I refer you back to Lloyd.

But fundamentally, Xerxes then has all these royal inscriptions put up where he's essentially saying, you know, my dad was great and I am doing the same things that he's doing. I'm continuing the work. I'm finishing the jobs that he left unfinished. That is how he presents himself. And that obviously both cements his legitimacy by saying, you know, you like to rise? Well, I am more of the same.

But fundamentally, Xerxes then has all these royal inscriptions put up where he's essentially saying, you know, my dad was great and I am doing the same things that he's doing. I'm continuing the work. I'm finishing the jobs that he left unfinished. That is how he presents himself. And that obviously both cements his legitimacy by saying, you know, you like to rise? Well, I am more of the same.

But fundamentally, Xerxes then has all these royal inscriptions put up where he's essentially saying, you know, my dad was great and I am doing the same things that he's doing. I'm continuing the work. I'm finishing the jobs that he left unfinished. That is how he presents himself. And that obviously both cements his legitimacy by saying, you know, you like to rise? Well, I am more of the same.

And also it implies that Greece is going to feel this at some point.

And also it implies that Greece is going to feel this at some point.

And also it implies that Greece is going to feel this at some point.

Very little, actually. So that decade is really underreported, even in Herodotus, which is very frustrating. We'd love to know what was going on. And he's our main source, just to highlight, he's our main source again, isn't he, Herodotus? there's very few events that we can place within that period.

Very little, actually. So that decade is really underreported, even in Herodotus, which is very frustrating. We'd love to know what was going on. And he's our main source, just to highlight, he's our main source again, isn't he, Herodotus? there's very few events that we can place within that period.

Very little, actually. So that decade is really underreported, even in Herodotus, which is very frustrating. We'd love to know what was going on. And he's our main source, just to highlight, he's our main source again, isn't he, Herodotus? there's very few events that we can place within that period.

One of them possibly is this really devastating war between Phocis and Thessaly, which will become relevant later. But otherwise, there isn't really that much. I mean, the big events of this period, Athens' war with Aegina in the 490s, actually before Marathon, Sparta's final defeat of Argos at Cepheia in 494, again before Marathon.

One of them possibly is this really devastating war between Phocis and Thessaly, which will become relevant later. But otherwise, there isn't really that much. I mean, the big events of this period, Athens' war with Aegina in the 490s, actually before Marathon, Sparta's final defeat of Argos at Cepheia in 494, again before Marathon.

One of them possibly is this really devastating war between Phocis and Thessaly, which will become relevant later. But otherwise, there isn't really that much. I mean, the big events of this period, Athens' war with Aegina in the 490s, actually before Marathon, Sparta's final defeat of Argos at Cepheia in 494, again before Marathon.

These are some of the really big seismic shifts that are happening in the Greek world in this period. So I think the main event that we place in the 480s that is actually going to affect things meaningfully is the expansion of the Athenian navy. So this is something that happens in 483, around that time when the Athenians, essentially, they have a mine at Lauryon, a silver mine in their territory.

These are some of the really big seismic shifts that are happening in the Greek world in this period. So I think the main event that we place in the 480s that is actually going to affect things meaningfully is the expansion of the Athenian navy. So this is something that happens in 483, around that time when the Athenians, essentially, they have a mine at Lauryon, a silver mine in their territory.