Athens: The Truth About Democracy

Name: Episode 1
Released: 2007-07-21
Duration: 49 min

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July 21, 2007 • 49 min

The epic story of Athens' victory in one of the greatest sea battles of the ancient world, when the Athenian triremes defeat Xerxes' mighty Persian fleet at Salamis, and the real story of the building of the greatest monument of this first democracy - the Parthenon - as a symbol of Athenian power.

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