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Laddar... After Thermopylae: the oath of Plataea and the end of the Graeco-Persian Warsav Paul Cartledge
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. This small book starts with the stone inscription of the oath of Plataea and then goes on to examine where the inscription came from and what it represented to the people at the time of its creation in the 4th century BCE, and how it relates to the actual battle of Plataea fought in 479 BCE to end that round of Graeco-Persian wars. A fascinating book. ( ) inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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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, w Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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Google Books — Laddar... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)938.03History and Geography Ancient World Greece to 323 Greece to 323 Persian Wars; Union of Greece (500-479 BC)Klassifikation enligt LCBetygMedelbetyg:
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