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The Persian wars

Selections from Herodotus' History which follow the events of the great war between the Greeks and the Persians. The translated extracts include Herodotus' descriptions of the preparations for war and of the great land- and sea-battles which took place. Linking commentaries explain Greek and Persian strategies and battle manoeuvres. Background information on the ships and on the soldiers fighting in the war is also given. -- Description from http://www.amazon.com (June 29, 2012.)

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  • "Selections from Herodotus' History which follow the events of the great war between the Greeks and the Persians. The translated extracts include Herodotus' descriptions of the preparations for war and of the great land- and sea-battles which took place. Linking commentaries explain Greek and Persian strategies and battle manoeuvres. Background information on the ships and on the soldiers fighting in the war is also given. -- Description from http://www.amazon.com (June 29, 2012.)"@en
  • "After personal inquiry and study of hearsay and other evidence, Herodotus (born c. 484 BCE) gives us in his famous history of warfare between the Greeks and the Persians a not uncritical estimate of the best that he could find."@en

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  • "History"
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  • "The Persian wars"
  • "The Persian wars"@en
  • "The Persian Wars"@en
  • "Persian Wars"@en
  • "The Persian wars : transl. by George Rawlinson"
  • "The Persian wars; translated by George Rawlinson, with an introd. by Francis R.B. Godolphin"@en
  • "The Persians wars"

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