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This book covers one of the defining periods of European history. The series of wars between the 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 BC, which helped to inspire the conquests of Alexander the Great. To tell the story of these momentous events--of the lives of great men and women, the societies and cultures that prod...

It is a testament to the enduring intrigue of the subject that even today the events of the Peloponnesian War are studied for what they can teach about diplomacy, strategy, and tactics. Philip de Souza's book reveals the darker side of Classical Greek civilization--from the horrific effects of overcrowding and the plague on the Athenian population to the vicious civil strife that often erupted in cities allied with Athens or Sparta. This volum...

Ancora oggi, gli avvenimenti della Guerra del Peloponneso sono studiati come fonti d'insegnamento di diplomazia, strategia e tattica. Essa rivela il lato più oscuro della civiltà classica greca. Dai terribili effetti del sovraffollamento e della peste sulla popolazione ateniese, alla violenta guerra civile che spesso esplose nelle città alleate con Atene o con Sparta, questo volume offre una quadro nitido e a volte inquietante dell'impatto del...

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Study of the making and breaking of peace treaties and truces from Classical Greece to the High Middle Ages.

An historical study of piracy in the ancient Greek and Roman world.

This text presents an examination of naval warfare in antiquity. The study investigates how and why ancient societies developed and employed their naval forces.

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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 BC, which helped to inspire the conquests of Alexander the Great.To tell the story of these momentous events, of the lives of great men and women, of the societies and culture...

Questo libro copre uno dei periodi cruciali della storia europea antica. La serie di guerre intercorse tra le città della Grecia classica e l'Impero persiano giunse al culmine con la battaglia di Maratona, con quella delle Termopili e quella di Salamlna. A raccontare in maniera epica e ineccepibile la storia di questi eventi, di grandi uomini e donne, della società e della cultura in cui vissero e a spiegare come e perché si giunse a questi sc...

Warfare is a topic on which a seemingly endless number of books are published, this is one which is fully justified.

Study of the making and breaking of peace treaties and truces from Classical Greece to the High Middle Ages.

La presente obra constituye el primer estudio global que aborda el estudio de la guerra en el mundo antiguo. En sus distintos capítulos, un grupo de historiadores y arqueólogos de reconocido prestigio analizan la historia militar y las principales batallas, no sólo del Antiguo Egipto, Próximo Oriente, Grecia y Roma, sino también de ámbitos menos familiares para el lector occidental como Asia Central, India, China, Corea, Japón y los territorio...

It is a testament to the fascination of the subject that even today the events of the Peloponnesian War are studied for what they can teach about diplomacy, strategy and tactics. This book reveals the darker side of Classical Greek civilization. From the horrific effects of overcrowding and the plague on the population of Athens, to the vicious civil strife that often erupted in cities allied with Athens or Sparta, this volume offers vivid and...

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