The Persian Version: What did the Battle of Marathon look like from the Persian side?
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Speaker: TOM HARRISON
1:00 PM ET/ 10:00 AM PT (90 minute webinar/teleconference lecture and Q&A)
The Rathbone Professor of Ancient History and Classical Archaeology at the University of Liverpool, Professor Harrison’s research on the Achaemenid Persian empire will be discussed (he has a forthcoming book on the topic) and, based on those insights, he will address the Battle of Marathon from the perspective of the Persians.