1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Today I sit down with the author of&amp;nbsp;Persians: The Age of Great Kings, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones. This masterful new work of scholarship revisits our favorite Persian dynasty, the Achaemenids, but this time from THEIR point of view. It is a wonderful book and it is about time we got Cambyses' side of the story. Buy a copy of the book HERE.&amp;nbsp; Visit our WEBSITE. Want to hear the whole Western Civ story again but with more detail? Ever get enough of Rome? (I know I don't.) Check out the Premium Feed. Support the show on PATREON. Western Civ https://www.westerncivpodcast.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/22969055/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/22969055