Once the Persians had been defeated at Salamis and Plataea, they withdrew from the Greek mainland. But the war was far from over, and the Greeks went on the offensive.

Theme: The Persian Wars, part II (part I)

• Matteo Zaccarini, 'The Persian Wars after 480 BC - Finishing what we started'.
• Murray Dahm, 'The Greek victory at Mycale: 479 BC - Leotychides' triumph'.
• Stefanos Skarmintzos, 'Marines during the Greco-Persian Wars - The decks of death'.
• Matteo Zaccarini, 'The Battle of the Eurymedon - A river of uncertainty'. 
• Javier G. Gabiola, 'The Achaemenid Persian army goes to war - No poet to sing of them'.
• Murray Dahm, 'Bringing it all to a close - The Peace of Callias'.

Features:

• Nicky Nielsen, 'Guarding Egypt's northern border - The Ways of Horus'.
• Jo Ball, 'The tombstone of Quintus Septimius Niger - More than just weapons'.
• Jeroen Wijnendaele, 'The Goths fight over Italy (AD 489-493) - Odoacer versus Theoderic'.
• Jeremy Solel, 'The Ptolemies' Roman mercenaries - The Gabiniani'.
• Duncan B. Campbell, 'Legionary centurions - Stern disciplinarians'.