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Debra Hamel

The Battle of Arginusae

Victory at Sea and Its Tragic Aftermath in the Final Years of the Peloponnesian War

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A pivotal skirmish involving nearly three hundred Athenian and Spartan ships toward the end of the Peloponnesian War, the Battle of Arginusae was at the time the largest naval battle ever fought between warring Greeks. It was a crucial win for the Athenians, since losing the battle would have led to their total defeat by Sparta and, perhaps, the slaughter and enslavement of their entire population. Paradoxically, the win at Arginusae resulted in one of the worst disasters to befall the Athenians during the brutal twenty-seven-year war.Due to a combination of factors - incompetent leadership, the weariness of the sailors, a sudden storm - the… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-4214-1681-6
  • EAN: 9781421416816
  • Produktnummer: 17193037
  • Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
  • Seitenangabe: 152 S.
  • Masse: H15.4 cm x B22.7 cm x D1.1 cm 222 g
  • Abbildungen: 4 Maps; 4 Line drawings, black and white; 4 Halftones, black and white
  • Gewicht: 222

Über den Autor


Debra Hamel is the author of Trying Neaira: The True Story of a Courtesan's Scandalous Life in Ancient Greece and Reading Herodotus: A Guided Tour through the Wild Boars, Dancing Suitors, and Crazy Tyrants of The History.

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