# Stories of the Persian War

An audiobook by Herodotus, read by LibriVox volunteers (6 h 20 min, English).

The Greco-Persian Wars, also called the Persian Wars, were a series of armed conflicts involving various Greek city-states and the Achaemenid Empire from 499 BC\[i\] to 449 BC. Persian king Cyrus the Great conquered the Greek-inhabited region of Ionia in 547 BC. The wars were continued by King Darius. - Summary by LynneT

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