The Persian War in Herodotus and Other Ancient Voices
'An exciting, highly informative and also enjoyable read: Shepherd writes with clarity and verve... this book should find it's way into the hands of all schools, universities and lovers of Herodotus.' - Peter Jones, Classics for AllWeaving together the accounts of the ancient historian Herodotus with other ancient sources, this is the engrossing story of the triumph of Greece over the mighty Persian Empire.The Persian War is the name generally given to the first two decades of the period of conflict between the Greeks and the Persians that began in 499 BC and ended around 450. The pivotal moment came in 479, when a massive Persian invasion fo…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4728-0864-6
- EAN: 9781472808646
- Produktnummer: 32938937
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 328 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 52'680 KB
- Abbildungen: 40 col
Über den Autor
William Shepherd studied classics at Clare College, Cambridge, in the 1960s and then embarked on a career in publishing, which finally brought him to Osprey, retiring from the position of chief executive in 2007. He is author of The Persian War (Cambridge, 1982), translated from Herodotus. He has also written reading books for children and articles in the Osprey Military Journal, of which he was joint editor, and makes regular contributions to the Osprey blog. He lives in the Cherwell Valley, north of Oxford.
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