Episode 1364

How the Persians were written out of history

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones reveals how a mighty ancient empire fell foul of a Greek smear campaign

June 8, 202239m 1s

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Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones tells Spencer Mizen why Eurocentric depictions of the “barbarous” Persians have obscured the achievements of one of the ancient world’s great civilisations.

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