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

"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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: De Souza, Philip
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge, 2003.
Colección:Essential histories.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.