The Greatest Battles of the GrecoPersian Wars Marathon Thermopylae and Salamis (Audible Audio Edition) Charles River Editors Colin Fluxman Books
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The Ancient Greeks have long been considered the forefathers of modern Western civilization, but the Golden Age of Athens and the spread of Greek influence across much of the known world only occurred due to one of the most crucial battles of antiquity the Battle of Marathon. In 491 BC, following a successful invasion of Thrace over the Hellespont, the Persian emperor Darius sent envoys to the main Greek city-states, including Sparta and Athens, demanding tokens of earth and water as symbols of submission, but Darius didn't exactly get the reply he sought. According to Herodotus in his famous Histories, "Xerxes however had not sent to Athens or to Sparta heralds to demand the gift of earth, and for this reason, namely because at the former time when Dareios had sent for this very purpose, the one people threw the men who made the demand into the pit and the others into a well, and bade them take from thence earth and water and bear them to the king." Thus, in 490 BC, after the revolt in Ionia had been crushed, Darius sent his general Mardonius, at the head of a massive fleet and invading force, to destroy the meddlesome Greeks, starting with Athens. The Persian army, numbering anywhere between 30,000 and 300,000 men, landed on the plain at Marathon, a few dozen miles from Athens, where an Athenian army of 10,000 hoplite heavy infantry supported by 1,000 Plataeans prepared to contest their passage. The Athenians appealed to the Spartans for help, but the Spartans dithered; according to the Laws of Lycurgus, they were forbidden to march until the waxing moon was full. Accordingly, their army arrived too late. Thus, it fell upon the Athenians to shoulder the burden.
The Greatest Battles of the GrecoPersian Wars Marathon Thermopylae and Salamis (Audible Audio Edition) Charles River Editors Colin Fluxman Books
Great collection showing how the Greeks took the sails out of the Persian Empire. Before Marathon the Greeks were terrified of the Persians. After Salamis it was clear the Persians were never going to conquer them. Reading these three histories in this one volume will definitely put you on the path to understanding the Mediterranean right before the Peloponnesian war.Product details
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The Greatest Battles of the GrecoPersian Wars Marathon Thermopylae and Salamis (Audible Audio Edition) Charles River Editors Colin Fluxman Books Reviews
Good book, covering the major events
Learned a lot from this book, glad I bought it.
The book was very informational on the battles of Greco-Persian Wars. Pictures are all black and white and font is a little on the smaller side approximately size 10. Because of that there is a lot of info in this compact 6"x9" book. Nice size for easy transport.
Great collection showing how the Greeks took the sails out of the Persian Empire. Before Marathon the Greeks were terrified of the Persians. After Salamis it was clear the Persians were never going to conquer them. Reading these three histories in this one volume will definitely put you on the path to understanding the Mediterranean right before the Peloponnesian war.
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