Thermopylae the battle that changed the world
| Main Author: | Cartledge, Paul. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Woodstock :
Overlook Press,
2006.
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Table of Contents:
- Setting the awful scene
- The ancient world in 500 BCE: from India to the Aegean
- The dynamics of empire: Persia of the Achaemenids, 485
- Hellas: the Hellenic world in 485
- Sparta 485: a unique culture and society
- Thermopylae I: mobilization
- Thermopylae II: preparations for battle
- Thermopylae III: the battle
- The Thermopylae legend I: antiquity
- The Thermopylae legend II: from antiquity to modernity
- Thermopylae: turning-point in world history
- Appendix 1: the invention of history: Herodotus and other ancient sources
- Appendix 2: Herodotus's Persian Muster-lists: a translation
- Appendix 3: Herodotus: antidote to fundamentalism.