The Greek and Persian Wars, 499-386 B.C /

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"This book covers one of the defining periods of European history. The series of wars between the Classical Greeks and the Persian Empire produced the famous battles of Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis, as well as an ill-fated attempt to overthrow the Persian king in 400 B.C., which helped to...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: De Souza, Philip
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Routledge, 2003.
Series:Essential histories.
Subjects:
500-362 B.C
HISTORY > Ancient.
Greece > History > Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C.
Greece > History > Spartan and Theban Supremacies, 404-362 B.C.
Grèce > Histoire > 500-449 av. J.-C. (Guerres médiques)
Grèce > Histoire > 404-362 av. J.-C. (Hégémonies de Sparte et de Thèbes)
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Chronology
  • Background to war : the coming of the Persians
  • Warring sides : Persia, Sparta and Athens
  • Outbreak : Dareios sends an expedition to Greece
  • The fighting : Xerxes' invasion of Greece
  • Portrait of a soldier : Aristodemos the Spartan
  • The world around war : Persian architecture
  • Portraits of civilians : Demokedes and Demaratos
  • How the wars ended : the Greeks attack the Persian Empire
  • Conclusion and consequences : the Peloponnesian War.

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