It is now ten years after the miraculous victory at Marathon. A thousand nations of the Persian Empire are on the march.  This vast host drains the rivers dry and shakes the very earth with its march. Such a vast host had never before been assembled in the annals of history and this great army had but one objective. The complete conquest of all Greece. Xerxes would at last gain sweet revenge against these impudent Greeks. Athens, Sparta and a uneasy coalition of city states are all that stand against the might of Persia. Soon few will stand against many, and even the army of a god king will bleed.