The Harvest of War
Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis
New York : Pegasus Books, 2022.
Format: Book
Edition: First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Description: xii, 458 pages : maps ; 24 cm
"The year 2022 marks 2,500 years since Athens, the birthplace of democracy, fought off the mighty Persian Empire. This is the story of the three epic battles--Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis--that saved democracy, forever altering the history of Europe and the West."-- Amazon.com.
Contents:
Athens: The world's first democracy -- Persia: The world's most powerful empire -- Darius the great -- This is Sparta! -- The Ionian revolt -- The first interwar interlude -- Marathon: Democracy saved -- The second interwar interlude -- The Persians are coming! -- Xerxes ascendant: Artemisium and the 300 Spartans -- Democracy resurgent: Greek victory at Salamis -- Greece in the ascendancy: Plataea -- Democracy on the offensive -- Modern afterlife.
Subjects:
Marathon, Battle of, Greece, 490 B.C.
Thermopylae, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C.
Salamis, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C.
Democracy -- Greece -- Athens -- History -- To 1500.
Greece -- History -- Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C.
Marathon, Battle of, Greece, 490 B.C.
Thermopylae, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C.
Salamis, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C.
Democracy -- Greece -- Athens -- History -- To 1500.
Greece -- History -- Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C.
ISBN:
9781639362349
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HISTORY Ancient Ker | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-448) and index.