How to destroy a mighty empire: the story of Croesus of Lydia
Cannibals and conquests: the story of Cyrus the Great
Horny goats and medicinal urine: the Egyptian logos
Madness and mummies: the reign of Cambyses
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the Mediterranean: the stories of Polycrates and Periander
Earless imposters and randy mounts: the early reign of Darius the Great
The trouble with nomads: Darius' Scythian campaign
Stuttering colonists and lousy deaths: the Libyan logos
Tattooed slaves and ousted tyrants: post-Pisistratid Athens and the Ionian revolt
Miltiades, madness, and Marathon: the first Persian War
Feats of engineering and doomed valor: the Second Persian War to the Battle of Thermopylae
Trial by trireme: the Battles at Artemisium and Salamis
Concluding scenes: the Battles of Plataea and Mycale and the siege of Sestus.
