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Sparta at war : strategy, tactics and campaigns, 950-362 BC. /
During the eighth century BC, Sparta became one of the leading cities of ancient Greece, conquering the southern Peloponnese, and from the mid-sixth century BC until the mid-fourth, Sparta became a military power of recognized importance. For almost two centuries the massed Spartan army remained unb...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Havertown :
Frontline Books,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; One
- THE RACE OF UNCONQUERED HERACLES; Introduction; The Rise of Sparta, c.950-c.550; Harmony and Army, c.550-362; Two
- LEADER OF THE PELOPONNESE, C.550-481; Croesus and the Battle of Champions; Assault on Samos; Cleomenes; Three
- THE GREAT KING INVADES, 481-480; Xerxes Marches, Greece Prepares, Summer 481-Spring 480; Leonidas at Thermopylae, Summer 480; Eurybiadas at Artemisium and Salamis, Summer 480; Four
- THE FAIREST VICTORY, 480-479; Mardonius Takes Command, Autumn 480-Spring 479; Pausanias at Plataea, Summer 479.
- Leotychidas at Mycale, Summer 479Five
- MESSENIANS AND ATHENIANS, 479-431; Tensions with Athens, 479-464; The Great Earthquake and the Helot Revolt, 464-455; The 'First Peloponnesian War', 460-445; The Thirty Years' Peace and the Outbreak of War, 445-431; Six
- DEFEAT AND DISGRACE, 431-421; Archidamus' War, 431-428; Failures at Sea and Abroad, 431-426; Pylos and Sphacteria, 425; Brasidas' Gamble, 424-422; Seven
- TURN OF THE TIDE, 421-413; Trouble in the Peloponnese, 421-418; The Battle of Mantinea and its Consequences, Summer 418-Winter 418/417.
- Sparta Returns to Open War with Athens, 417-413Gylippus in Sicily, 414-413; Eight
- THE NAVARCHS' WAR, 413-404; Revolts, Athenian Civil Strife, and Indecision at Sea, 413-411; The Athenian Revival, 411-408; Lysander and Callicratidas, 408-405; Aegospotami, 405-404; Nine
- IMPERIAL ADVENTURES, 404-395; The Strategic Situation and Affairs in Greece, 404-399; A Lukewarm War in Asia, 400-397; Agesilaus in Asia, 397-394; Haliartus, 395; Ten
- END OF EMPIRE, 395-386; One Decisive and Two Indecisive Battles, 395-394; The War Around Corinth, 394-390; Another War in Greece Ends in the East, 391-386.
- Eleven
- NEMESIS, 385-371Sparta Tries to Dominate Greece by Land, 385-379; The Boeotian War, 379-375; An Unsuccessful Peace, 375-371; The Battle of Leuctra, 371; Twelve
- DECLINE AND FALL, 371-362 AND BEYOND; From 371 to 369; From 369 to 362; From 360 Onwards; APPENDIX: SPARTAN ARMY ORGANISATIONS; ABBREVIATIONS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.