{"podcast":{"title":"Fan of History","slug":"fan-of-history-741603","podcast_index_feed_id":741603,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/c3b15c03-91fd-4759-a510-22929c8e3a5a","website_url":"https://play.acast.com/s/history","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/611a64ef06c05ec09bf4066a/1723474960667-2d7c0cc5-4260-4b19-95b5-1e965ecd9ec4.jpeg","author":"Dan Hörning & Bernie Maopolski","episode_count":233,"summary":"Dan Horning and Bernie Maopolski discuss the events of ancient history all over the world, decade by decade, starting at 1000 BC and moving forward. We love history! History, History, History! That’s all we think of … History in the morning, History for lunch, History for dinner… even history right before bed! And we talk about all the key people in Ancient History – Julius Caesar, Gilgamesh, Jesus, Budha, Lao Tzu, Confucious, Solon, Pythagoras, Alexander the Great, Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Herodotus, Homer, Ashurnasirpal, Sennacherib, Ashurbanipal, Croesus, Cyrus the Great, and Pisistratus. And the Great Historical Civilizations in History like the Assyrian Empire, Israel, Judah, Babylonia, Egypt, Ancient Greece, Roman Republic and Roman Empire, The Zhou of China, India, and the historical civilizations of the Americas like The Olmecs, Maya, and Chauvin. We have another show on this same feed - What’s New In History - that spans all the eras of history. On What’s New in History we talk about AI, DNA studies, archeology, and characters of history like Christopher Columbus, Napoleon, Adolf Hitler, Joan of Arc, Martin Luther, Albert Einstein, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, C…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T10:18:55.364672+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fan-of-history-741603"},"episode":{"title":"240. 490s BC Ionian Revolt: The Empire Strikes Back","slug":"240-490s-bc-ionian-revolt-the-empire-strikes-back","published_at":"2026-06-23T23:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fan-of-history-741603/240-490s-bc-ionian-revolt-the-empire-strikes-back","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fan-of-history-741603","url":"https://shows.acast.com/history/episodes/240-490s-bc-ionian-revolt-the-empire-strikes-back","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/history/e/6a3941bd9c43d66bc00e919b/media.mp3","summary":"The popular thing to do in the Greek world of the 490s BC was to revolt against the Persians Having launched their revolt in the name of freedom, the Ionian \"freedom fighters\" soon discover that the Persian Empire has no intention of quietly accepting rebellion. Bernie and Dan follow the next stage of the conflict as the Great King's forces begin to recover the initiative and the fortunes of Aristagoras take an increasingly uncertain turn. But the plucky rebels are putting up quite a fight. Can they pull it off? We've got naval battles, biting horses, ambushes, and pull out your Fan of History bingo card because you might hear \"Gyges\". Links: How to Build, Sail, and Ram and Ancient Greek Trireme Maritime History Podcast: https://music.youtube.com/podcast/cGp0EeB-Jm4 PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO WHAT'S NEW IN HISTORY YOUTUBE CHANNEL https://www.youtube.com/@whatsnewinhistory This is a podcast by Dan Hörning and Bernie Maopolski. Contact information: E-mail: zimwaupodcast@gmail.com http://facebook.com/fanofhistory https://twitter.com/danhorning https://www.instagram.com/dan_horning/ Music: “Tudor Theme” by urmymuse. Used here under a commercial Creative Commons license. Find out more at http://ccmixter.org/files/urmymuse/40020 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"The popular thing to do in the Greek world of the 490s BC was to revolt against the Persians Having launched their revolt in the name of freedom, the Ioni…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1880,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fan-of-history-741603/episodes/240-490s-bc-ionian-revolt-the-empire-strikes-back/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fan-of-history-741603/240-490s-bc-ionian-revolt-the-empire-strikes-back.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}