Interviewer: Today we have a few guests on the show, thank you for coming. Would you like to tell us who you are and a bit about your experiences?
Soldier 1: hello, I am a Persian soldier, proud survivor of the Persian war. I am here today to tell you about this war, with my partner here.
Soldier 2: Hello everyone.
Soldier 1: Well, we Persians know that we should rule the whole world, but of course, we need to start out somewhere.
Soldier 2: Yes, when Ionia was conquered, we knew that it was a good time to go out there and get some more territory. Unfortunately, the Greeks thought so also.
Soldier 1: We sent out some of our most noble men to lead each of the cities we got. However, the Greeks had a problem with this. One of our noble leaders set out to conquer more territory, this time the island of Naxos. Persia, of course, helped him along.
Soldier 2: Very unexpectedly, Aristagoras got all of Hellenic Asia Minor to rebel against us. They really got on our nerves, and one day, I don’t understand how, but one day they got to our capital, Sardis, and captured and burned it.
Soldier 1: Our great king, Darius the Great, vowed that we would get revenge on Athens and Eretria for what they had done to us.
Soldier 2: Finally, we got prepared enough to revolt back, and we centered around the aria of Miletus.
Soldier 1: We defeated the Ionians, as we rightfully should have. After that, just to be safe, we decided to attack Greece, so that they would not be able to attack us later.
Soldier 2: Well, I must admit, the first force we sent out failed, and again our second force failed. We then knew that we needed to plan to completely conquer Greece. When Darius died, we launched our second conquest under Xerxes. We had THE largest army ever assembled.
Soldier 1: Well, not the total largest, but one of the largest ever. We finally overran most of Greece. When we began to lose some battles, the invasion sadly ended .
Soldier 2: Those terrible Greeks destroyed the rest of our fleet. We had a few more battles, but we continued declining in our number of wins. With no clear winner, we created a peace treaty. Personally, I think we should have been the true winner. Even though we had some weak points.
Soldier 1: I am proud to say I fought in this war, because I feel very strongly towards my country, Persia. I hope that we will get our strength back and conquer the world one day.
Soldier 2: Thank you for inviting us to the show.
Interviewer: Thank you for joining us! That’s all for today folks!
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