300: Rise of an Empire

The story takes us back to the year 490 B.C., a time considered one of the most crucial periods in Ancient Greece, when the rising power of the Persian Empire threatened to expand over the Hellenic world. Just a decade before the famous Battle of Thermopylae, another confrontation would shape the fate of Greece: the Battle of Marathon.

In this context emerges the figure of Themistocles, a skilled and visionary Athenian general who understood that the survival of the Greek world depended on more than just military strength—it required unity. Until then, the Greek poleis—city-states such as Athens, Sparta, Plataea, and Corinth—operated independently, divided by political, economic, and territorial rivalries. However, faced with the Persian threat, Themistocles led an ambitious effort to overcome these divisions and unite the Greeks under a common cause.