Battles That Changed History: Thermopylae and Salamis

It's 10 years after the battle of Marathon. Xerxes, King of Kings, prepares an unimaginable force to teach the Greeks a lesson once and for all. The stakes of history hinge on two incredibly important battles: the battle of Thermopylae and the battle of Salamis. The culmination of the second Greco Persian war.

Western civilisation is founded on Greeks values of democracy and freedom (or so we think). If Xerxes brakes through and conquers Greece, our entire existence would have changed (or would it?).

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Music:
"To the Beat of the Drum"
"Live by the Sword"
"Die by the Sword"
"Restricted Area"

Thank you to the amazing Mario Putti for additional custom made tracks and moral support throughout the video 🌼

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Based on a book by: Alessandro Barbero
Adapted, directed, animated and edited by: Fabio Albertelli
Illustrated by: Federica Campigotto
Narrated by: Rob Walker
Script edited by: Iris H. Mauricio
Produced by: John Sapling

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Chapters:

0:00 Intro
1:00 Persia Mobilises
2:33 Greece Prepares
4:58 The Two Navies
8:17 Battle of Thermopylae
10:43 Retreat to Salamis
13:42 Themistocles' Plan
16:59 Battle of Salamis
19:52 Epilogue

This project took a very long time to make, about three months worth of work. Thank you to everyone involved for helping me and supporting my ideas.

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[TylerDurden-cycs]

Extremely enjoyable video amazing work . 2 things to mention that I think are interesting. Firstly Spartans stayed not only because someone had to but mainly, because their laws didn’t allow them to leave from the battlefield to “run” away acknowledging defeat. Secondly yes Themistocles went to Persia because athenians tried to kill him when Spartans spread a rumour that he was traitor. When he arrived there the Persian king instead of killing him like he supposed to do, he gave him the bounty that he had on his head and made him governor in return for information that would essentially help him to conquer Greece. Themistocles told him the things that I want to tell you are extremely important and shouldn’t anyone else expect you knowing them so he asked for few years to learn the language so he could express them to the king directly. After few years when the time came and the king asked him for his knowledge, Themistocles couldn’t betrayed athens and he decided to kill himself.

[georgezestanakis]

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[rexfury]

Man, the animation style is gorgeous, and effort on the research side is just - wow!

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[johnsapling]

Watching this video is like walking in a museum with figures engraved in stone telling a story of ancient battles and heroes. You managed to create a magic atmosphere of dread and hope, struggle and victory. Amazing job..!! ❤️

[ΝίκοςΟικονομόπουλος-δφ]

As a Greek who learn all that in School i can say only one thing. Great Job!

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[frederickdevries]

Could you perhaps make a serie about the most significant battles in European history? Especially with this edit format it looks fantastic!!!