The Greco-Persian wars

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The long and bitter struggle between the great Persian Empire and the fledgling Greek states reached its high point with the extraordinary Greek victory at Salamis in 480 B.C. The astonishing sea battle banished forever the spectre of Persian invasion and occupation. Peter Green brilliantly recounts this historic moment, evoking the whole dramatic sweep of events that the Persian offensive set in motion. The massive Greek victory, despite the Greeks' inferior numbers, opened the way for the his…

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Full title :The Greco-Persian wars / Peter Green.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1996.
Edition:[Rev. ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of California Press
Place of Publication:Berkeley, CA
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1996.

Notes

Revised edition of: 'Xerxes at Salamis', New York : Praeger, 1970, and 'The year of Salamis', London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1970.

The Physical Object

Description:xxvii, 344 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations, maps ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0520205731, 9780520205734, 0520203135, 9780520203136
oclc:ocn820367526
LC Classification:DF225.6
Dewey Decimal:938/.03

pt. 1. Darius and the West -- pt. 2. The Legacy of Marathon -- pt. 3. Waiting for the Barbarian -- pt. 4. The Corner-stone of Freedom -- pt. 5. The Wooden Wall -- pt. 6. The Doors of the Peloponnese -- pt. 7. The Last Enemy.

Subjects

480-480 B.C Bataille de Salamine, Grèce, 480 av. J.… Grèce -- Histoire -- -0499-0449 av. j.C… Grèce -- Relations -- Antiquité. -- Iran Greece Guerra Història antiga Historia antiga -- grecia (politica) Iran -- Relations -- Antiquité. -- Grèce Perzische oorlogen Salamine, Bataille de (480 av. J.-C.) Salamis, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C Xeres, I, ((roi des perses Xerxès, I, (roi des Perses Xerxes, I,, King of Persia Zeeslagen