Thermopylae : Great Battles. Chris Carey

Thermopylae : Great Battles. Chris Carey – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780191068942,0191068942, 9780191068959, 0191068950

Product details:
• ISBN 10: 0191068950

• ISBN 13: 9780191068959

• Author: Chris Carey

During the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC, a Greek force of approximately 7,000 faced the biggest army ever seen in the Greek peninsula. For three days, the Persians―the greatest military force in the world―were stopped in their tracks by a vastly inferior force, before the bulk of the Greek army was forced to retreat with their rear guard wiped out in one of history’s most famous last stands. In strict military terms it was a defeat for the Greeks. But like the British retreat from Dunkirk or the massacre at the Alamo, this David and Goliath story has taken on the aura of success. Thermopylae has acquired a glamour exceeding the other battles of the Persian Wars, passing from history into myth, and lost none of that appeal in the modern era.

Table contents:

1. Introduction

2. Reading Thermopylae—The Problems

3. The Pass

4. The Persians: The Long Road to the Pass

5. The Greeks

6. The Battle

7. Thermopylae Refought

8. Thermopylae in the Ancient World

9. The Myth in the Modern Era

10. And Finally…

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