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7+ YearsPublisher | OUP USA |
ISBN 13 | 9780199747320 |
ISBN 10 | 0199747326 |
Book Subtitle | The Oath Of Plataea And The End Of The Graeco-Persian Wars |
Book Description | The Battle of Plataea in 479 BCE is one of world history's unjustly neglected events. It decisively ended the threat of a Persian conquest of Greece. It involved tens of thousands of combatants, including the largest number of Greeks ever brought together in a common cause. For the Spartans, the driving force behind the Greek victory, the battle was sweet vengeance for their defeat at Thermopylae the year before. Why has this pivotal battle been so overlooked? In After Thermopylae, Paul Cartledge masterfully reopens one of the great puzzles of ancient Greece to discover, as much as possible, what happened on the field of battle and, ju |
Language | English |
Author | Paul Cartledge |
Edition Number | Reprint Edition |
Publication Date | 16-Feb-12 |
Number of Pages | 240 |
After Thermopylae hardcover english - 16-Feb-12