Plataea 479 BC

Author: William Shepherd
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1780960301
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 239

Book Description
A highly illustrated account of the closing battle of the Greek and Persian War. Plataea was one of the biggest and most important land battles of pre-20th century history. Close to 100,000 hoplite and light-armed Greeks took on an even larger barbarian army that included elite Asian cavalry and infantry, and troops from as far away as India, with thousands of Greek hoplites and cavalry also fighting on the Persian side. At points in the several days of combat, the Persians with their greater mobility and more fluid, missile tactics came close to breaking the Greek defensive line and succeeded in cutting off their supplies. But, in a fatal gamble when he nearly had the battle won, their general Mardonius committed the cream of his infantry to close-quarters combat with the Spartans and their Peloponnesian allies. The detailed reconstruction of this complex battle draws on recent studies of early 5th-century hoplite warfare and a fresh reading of the ancient textual sources, predominantly Herodotus, and close inspection of the battlefield.

The Defence of Greece, 490-479 B.C.

Author: John Francis Lazenby
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780856685910
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294

Book Description
This is a military history of the two Persian invasions of Greece, the first of which came to grief at Marathon, the second at Salamis and Plataia. The conflicts are largely examined in terms of the fifth century BC, avioding modern conceptions, and from the Persian as well as the Greek point of view. The author believes Herodotus should remain central to any attempt to explain the conflicts, and reassesses his skill and insight as a military historian.

Athens Burning

Author: Robert Garland
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 142142195X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 185

Book Description
"In this next offering for the Witness to Ancient History series, Robert Garland writes about the Persian invasion of Greece in the 5th century BC. After introducing the reader to the contextual background of the Greco-Persian Wars, including the famous Battle of Marathon, Garland describes the various stages of the invasion from both the Persian and Greek point of view. He focuses on the Greek evacuation of Attica (the peninsular region of Greece that includes Athens), the siege of the Acropolis, the eventual defeat of the Persians by Athenian and Spartan armies, and the return of the Greek people to their land. Coming off his 2014 PUP book on the experience of diaspora in ancient Greece, Garland is well placed to speak authoritatively on this important time in ancient history when the Greeks had to flee their homeland. Garland is an experienced and productive writer whose experience producing video lecture courses for The Great Courses company makes him an ideal author for this introductory volume"--Provided by publisher.

Greek Hoplite Vs Persian Warrior

Author: Chris McNab
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472825748
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 81

Book Description
Employing primary sources and the latest research, this fully illustrated study vividly examines the pitched battles between the Greeks and their Persian opponents during the Greco-Persian Wars.

Battle Descriptions as Literary Texts

Author: Johanna Luggin
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3658278595
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372

Book Description
Battle descriptions are usually seen as the raw material of the military historian, who uses them to explain why generals won or lost a given battle. This volume does not aim to contribute to this discussion; it rather approaches battle descriptions as literary texts that interact with the expectations of a given audience. Therefore literary traditions in structure, vocabulary and topics of battle descriptions should be explored. The transgression of genre-borders – also literary and fictional texts are included – and a broad comparative approach, combining evidence from the third millennium BC up to the 20th century AD, makes cultural specifics and differences more easily perceivable. Contents With contributions by Marcos Such-Guttiérrez, Pavel Čech, Hilmar Klinkott, Wolfgang Oswald, Kai Ruffing, Oliver Stoll, Martin M. Bauer, Reinhold Bichler, Christian Mileta, Simon Lentzsch, Sven Günther, Dennis Pulina, Johanna Luggin, Sonjar Koroliov, Magdalena Gronau and Martin Gronau. The Editors Dr. Johanna Luggin is a post-doc researcher in the ERC-funded project “NOSCEMUS – Nova Scientia: Early Modern Science and Latin” in Innsbruck, Austria. Dr. Sebastian Fink is a postdoctoral researcher at the Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence “Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions”.

Salamis 480 BC

Author: William Shepherd
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
ISBN: 9781846036842
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Osprey's study of a crucial battle of the Grerco-Persian Wars (499-449 BC). Weeks after the glorious disaster at Thermopylae and heavy but inconclusive fighting at sea off Artemisium, with Athens now in barbarian hands and the Acropolis burned, the Greeks dramatically halted the Persian invasion of 480BC. They brought the 600-strong Persian fleet to battle with their 350 triremes in the confined waters of the straits of Salamis and, through a combination of superior tactics and fighting spirit, won a crushing victory. This drove the Persian navy out of the western Aegean and enabled the Hellenic Alliance to combine its manpower in sufficient force to destroy the massive occupying army in the following year. Victory over the Persians secured the 5th century flowering of Greek and, in particular, Athenian culture and institutions that so influenced the subsequent development of western civilisation. This book draws extensively on the findings of archaeological, technological and naval research, as well as on the historical sources to vividly recreate one of the most important naval campaigns in world history.

Plutarch's Life of Themistocles

Author: Plutarch Plutarch
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780282233785
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278

Book Description
Excerpt from Plutarch's Life of Themistocles: With Introduction, Critical and Explanatory Notes, Indices and Map I cannot lay down my pen without adding my testimony, in confirmation of that of Prof. Tyrrell, concerning the singular merits of Messrs. R. R. Clark's reader. His unfailing care and unusual accuracy have spared me much labour at a time when I was suffering from prolonged illness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Herodotus: The Persian War

Author: Herodotus
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521281946
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Trans, from the Greek.

Thermopylae 480 BC

Author: Nic Fields
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
ISBN: 9781841761800
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Osprey's study of the most epic battles of the Greco-Persian Wars (502-449 BC). Thermopylae resonates throughout history as a battle involving extreme courage and sacrifice. It was in this rocky pass in northern Greece that Leonidas, king of the Spartans and commander-in-chief of the Greek force, delayed the Persian hordes for three days against overwhelming odds. Finally overcome by treachery, the remaining Spartans refused to retreat in the face of inevitable defeat, being slaughtered by the elite Persian 'Immortals' down to the last man. Nic Fields vividly describes the battle for the narrow gateway to southern Greece as the combined Greek forces held off the army of Xerxes and Leonidas's sacrifice bought time for the retreat and tactical and political regrouping that would save Greece. Full color artwork, detailed maps and dramatic battle scenes complement clear and authoritative text to provide an in-depth analysis of one of the most famous acts of sheer courage and defiance in the face of overwhelming odds in history. Related Titles 978 1 84176 000 1 CAM 108 Marathon 490 BC 978 1 85532 659 0 ELI 66 The Spartan Army 978 1 84176 358 3 ESS 36 The Greek and Persian Wars 499-386 BC

Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary

Author: Henry Bosley Woolf
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780877793304
Category : Anglais (Langue) - Dictionnaires
Languages : en
Pages : 1568

Book Description
Based on Webster's third new international dictionary.