Thermopylae / Bradford, Ernle Dusgate Selby

Public ISBD Titre : Thermopylae : The battle for the West Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Bradford, Ernle Dusgate Selby, Auteur Editeur : New York : Da Capo Press Année de publication : c1980 Importance : 254 p. Présentation : map. Format : 23 cm Note générale : Includes bibliographical references and index. Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Greece Persian Wars (Greece : 500-449 B.C.) Thermopylae, Battle of (Greece : 480 B.C.) Index. décimale : DF 225.5 Résumé : The three-day battle for the pass at the "Hot Gates" of Thermopylae was a critical contest in the Persian king Xerxes's massive invasion of Greece. The bloody stand made there by Leonidas and his small Spartan army in 480 BC has since become the very emblem of patriotism, courage, and sacrifice. The ambitions of Xerxes were vast. Having amassed the largest force of men and ships ever assembled, he set out to conquer Note de contenu : The great king -- The glory of the hour -- The Persians -- The Athenians -- The Spartans -- Arms and the man -- Ships of war -- Dispositions -- Action and reaction -- Ultimate decisions -- March to the North -- Land and sea -- First encounters -- Battle -- First night and second day -- Over the mountain -- End and beginning -- After Thermopylae -- In another country ... -- The advance -- Into Attica -- Sparring for position -- Eve of battle -- 'Sea-born Salamis' -- Aftermath -- Winter -- Spring -- The road to Plataea -- Decisive round. Thermopylae : The battle for the West [texte imprimé] / Bradford, Ernle Dusgate Selby, Auteur . - New York : Da Capo Press, c1980 . - 254 p. : map. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Greece Persian Wars (Greece : 500-449 B.C.) Thermopylae, Battle of (Greece : 480 B.C.) Index. décimale : DF 225.5 Résumé : The three-day battle for the pass at the "Hot Gates" of Thermopylae was a critical contest in the Persian king Xerxes's massive invasion of Greece. The bloody stand made there by Leonidas and his small Spartan army in 480 BC has since become the very emblem of patriotism, courage, and sacrifice. The ambitions of Xerxes were vast. Having amassed the largest force of men and ships ever assembled, he set out to conquer Note de contenu : The great king -- The glory of the hour -- The Persians -- The Athenians -- The Spartans -- Arms and the man -- Ships of war -- Dispositions -- Action and reaction -- Ultimate decisions -- March to the North -- Land and sea -- First encounters -- Battle -- First night and second day -- Over the mountain -- End and beginning -- After Thermopylae -- In another country ... -- The advance -- Into Attica -- Sparring for position -- Eve of battle -- 'Sea-born Salamis' -- Aftermath -- Winter -- Spring -- The road to Plataea -- Decisive round.

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