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Persia Triumphant in Greece

Manousos E Kambouris
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      This is the epic story of the Great Persian War of 481-479 BC, the major land and sea Persian invasion of Greece under Xerxes. Starting from the Persian decision to avenge the outrage caused to imperial prestige by the battle of Marathon, this book details the policy, diplomacy and religion as they intermingle with matters of strategy and tactics. It includes detailed coverage of the legendary Battle of Thermopylae, immortalized in literature and film as the ultimate defiant last stand. There is similarly in-depth coverage, in terms of events, tactics, methods and intentions, afforded to the relatively unknown sea battles off Cape Artemisium, only recently dramatized for the Big Screen; a naval engagement that primed the Battle of Salamis. Special attention has been paid to the events following these two battles, leading to the bloody conquest of Athens and the implementation of vengeance by the Persian Empire, which for a brief time stood triumphant, victorious and awesome as never before, but also sowed the seeds of eventual defeat.
      Format: Hardback CONTRIBUTORS: Manousos E Kambouris EAN: 9781399097758 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 246 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Pen & Sword Books Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2022-06-08 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, HISTORY / Military / Ancient WIDTH: 172 cm SPINE:

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      Military and defence strategy

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      Manousos E Kambouris has a background in scientific writing, contributing chapters on a wide range of disciplines to various edited volumes and journals. He has been researching Ancient Greek warfare for many years and has published numerous articles in Archeologija Prirodne Na (Archaeology and Science), Ancient Warfare, Military History, War & History, NUOVA ANTOLOGIA MILITARE, Third Eye and Hellenic Nexus. He has written three previous books on Marathon, Salamis and Xenophon's Ten Thousand. For the past 8 years he has been a historical consultant to the experimental archaeology group Koryvantes, the Association of Historical Studies. He is currently writing The Trojan War as Military History (forthcoming, Pen & Sword).His other two volumes in this trilogy are also available from Pen & Sword: The Rise of Persia and the First Greco-Persian WarsThe Greek Victories and the Persian Ebb 480-79 BC
      This is the epic story of the Great Persian War of 481-479 BC, the major land and sea Persian invasion of Greece under Xerxes. Starting from the Persian decision to avenge the outrage caused to imperial prestige by the battle of Marathon, this book details the policy, diplomacy and religion as they intermingle with matters of strategy and tactics. It includes detailed coverage of the legendary Battle of Thermopylae, immortalized in literature and film as the ultimate defiant last stand. There is similarly in-depth coverage, in terms of events, tactics, methods and intentions, afforded to the relatively unknown sea battles off Cape Artemisium, only recently dramatized for the Big Screen; a naval engagement that primed the Battle of Salamis. Special attention has been paid to the events following these two battles, leading to the bloody conquest of Athens and the implementation of vengeance by the Persian Empire, which for a brief time stood triumphant, victorious and awesome as never before, but also sowed the seeds of eventual defeat.
      Format: Hardback CONTRIBUTORS: Manousos E Kambouris EAN: 9781399097758 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 246 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Pen & Sword Books Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2022-06-08 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, HISTORY / Military / Ancient WIDTH: 172 cm SPINE:

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      Military and defence strategy

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      Manousos E Kambouris has a background in scientific writing, contributing chapters on a wide range of disciplines to various edited volumes and journals. He has been researching Ancient Greek warfare for many years and has published numerous articles in Archeologija Prirodne Na (Archaeology and Science), Ancient Warfare, Military History, War & History, NUOVA ANTOLOGIA MILITARE, Third Eye and Hellenic Nexus. He has written three previous books on Marathon, Salamis and Xenophon's Ten Thousand. For the past 8 years he has been a historical consultant to the experimental archaeology group Koryvantes, the Association of Historical Studies. He is currently writing The Trojan War as Military History (forthcoming, Pen & Sword).His other two volumes in this trilogy are also available from Pen & Sword: The Rise of Persia and the First Greco-Persian WarsThe Greek Victories and the Persian Ebb 480-79 BC

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