Battle of Marathon

Informationen zum Autor Peter Krentz is W. R. Grey Professor of Classics and History, Davidson College, where he has taught Greek and Roman history since 1979. Klappentext How did the city-state of Athens defeat the invaders from Persia, the first world empire, on the plain of Marathon in 490 BCE? Scholars skeptical of our earliest surviving source, Herodotus, have produced one ingenious theory after another. This book argues that Herodotus was right after all. Zusammenfassung How did the city-state of Athens defeat the invaders from Persia! the first world empire! on the plain of Marathon in 490 BCE? Scholars skeptical of our earliest surviving source! Herodotus! have produced one ingenious theory after another. This book argues that Herodotus was right after all.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Krentz, Peter/ Kagan Krentz, Krentz Peter
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.09.2011
• EAN: 9780300177664
• ISBN: 978-0-300-17766-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 248 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Yale Library of Military History; Yale Library of Military Histo; Yale Library of Military History; Yale Library of Military History (YUP)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; HISTORY / Military / General, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Battles & campaigns, Battles and campaigns