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Dr. Constantinos Lagos is a Greek historian who teaches at the Hellenic Air Force Academy in Greece. He’s written two books on Greece in World War II but he has also recently co-authored a book on the very famous ancient Greek battle of Marathon. The book offers a reappraisal of the location, details and political outcomes of the battle. We spoke about the book and what it took to write it.
0:57 – Constantinos talks about his early studies in ancient history.
3:03 – Constantinos talks about how he breaks down the book and it’s analysis of the battle and discusses the Persians.
6:04 – Constantinos talks about previous errors of reconstructing the battle of Marathon and why the errors were made.
10:37 – Constantinos talks about the marsh phase of the battle.
12:43 – Constantinos talks about the battle and the strengthening of democracy.
14:39 – Constantinos talks about the site where people think the battle took place.
18:38 – Constantinos talks about other differences between established thinking and new findings about the battle.
22:12 – Constantinos talks about the archaeological discoveries they applied to their analysis.
25:17 – Constantinos talks about the Greek military camp at issue in the book.
29:33 – We discuss established versus new archaeological ideas and the archaeologists who studied Marathon.
35:52 – Constantinos talks about the archaeological evidence related to the battle of Marathon.
40:47 – Constantinos addresses the question of Persian records of the battle.
41:55 – Constantinos talks about the events before the battle and the discoveries made during the research.
He also touches on the ancient terrain at the time of the battle.
47:53 – Constantinos talks about the German scholars who studied classical Greece.
51:33 – Constantinos talks about his desire for archaeologists to excavate the battle and the marsh in the area.
58:35 – Constantinos gives mroe details about the Greek camp he found and the connection he felt with ancient Greece.
1:05:53 – Constantinos talks about what the weather [would] might have been like during the battle.
1:08:54 – Constantinos remarks about how many people have written about the battle over the centuries.
1:16:36 – Constantinos can be found on the web by googling his name “Constantinos Lagos” or by checking the book out at Pen & Sword Books.
Links of interest
https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Who-Really-Won-the-Battle-of-Marathon-Hardback/p/16501
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Guests: Dr. Constantinos Lagos
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