{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Persians: An Interview with Historian Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones","description":"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. ","author_name":"Western Civ","author_url":"https:\/\/www.westerncivpodcast.com","html":"<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>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/22969055"}