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164. 580s BC part 4 - The Battle of the Eclipse

Lots of hard to pronounce names in this one and lot's going on!


Nebuchadnezzar - who's still on the warpath

Psammetichus - RIP

Ankhnesneferibre - Listen to Dan and Bernie pronounce her name

Astyages - the Median crown prince gets a wife

Cambyses - the new King of Anshan


We have a good Herodotus story about Scythians, an underground city in Anatolia, battles in Sicily and Sardinia, and The Battle of the Eclipse. All that and more... seriously there's more! Don't miss it!




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