{"id":101649,"date":"2026-08-16T02:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T06:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=101649"},"modified":"2026-08-19T13:01:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T17:01:43","slug":"ancient-greeks-04-the-persian-invasion-2-logistics-and-diplomacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/ancient-greeks-04-the-persian-invasion-2-logistics-and-diplomacy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ancient Greeks 04 &#8211; The Persian Invasion 2 &#8211; Logistics and Diplomacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/biS9-iOlYxk?si=m5lLVYo0U5YaadUO\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>seangabb<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 24 Mar 2026 <\/p>\n<p>Greece: A Brief History, c.700 BC &#8211; 500 AD<\/p>\n<p>How do you move an empire to war? This lecture examines the extraordinary logistical and diplomatic preparations behind Xerxes&#8217; invasion of Greece. We explore how the Persian Empire assembled one of the largest armies in ancient history and the immense challenges of supplying and coordinating such a force.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, we examine the diplomatic pressure placed on the Greek states, including demands for submission and the divisions this created within the Greek world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The scale and organisation of the Persian army and navy<br \/>\n&#8211; Supply lines, engineering, and preparation<br \/>\n&#8211; The bridging (and scourging) of the Hellespont<br \/>\n&#8211; Persian diplomacy and the demand for &#8220;earth and water&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; Greek responses: submission, neutrality, and resistance<\/p>\n<p>This lecture shows that the invasion was not simply a military campaign, but a vast imperial operation combining force, intimidation, and political calculation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>seangabb Published 24 Mar 2026 Greece: A Brief History, c.700 BC &#8211; 500 AD How do you move an empire to war? This lecture examines the extraordinary logistical and diplomatic preparations behind Xerxes&#8217; invasion of Greece. We explore how the Persian Empire assembled one of the largest armies in ancient history and the immense challenges [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1526,7,370,5],"tags":[1491,1527,31,432,1617,1066,1101,1468],"class_list":["post-101649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-greece","category-history","category-middle-east","category-military","tag-aegeansea","tag-ancientgreece","tag-army","tag-diplomacy","tag-herodotus","tag-logistics","tag-persia","tag-seangabb"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-qrv","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101649"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101727,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101649\/revisions\/101727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}