Marathon 490 BC: The first Persian invasion of Greece (Campaign, 108) - Softcover

Sekunda, Nicholas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841760005 ISBN 13: 9781841760001

Publisher: Osprey Publishing, 2002

Synopsis

Osprey's study of the first Persian invasion of Greece in 490 BC. The story of the Marathon campaign is an epic of the Ancient World. When the Ionian Greeks revolted against their Persian overlords in 499 BC, the cities of Athens and Eretria came to their aid. The Persian King Darius swore vengeance and in 490BC a fleet of 600 ships packed with troops was sent to take revenge on the Athenians. At Marathon the Greeks met the Persians in battle and drove them in rout back to their ships. The moral effect of this victory was enormous – for the first time a Greek army had defeated the Persians and demonstrated the superiority of hoplite tactics.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Highly visual guides to history's greatest conflicts, detailing the command strategies, tactics, and experiences of the opposing forces throughout each campaign, and concluding with a guide to the battlefields today.

About the Author:

Nicholas Sekunda was born in 1953. After studying Ancient History and Archaeology at Manchester University, he went on to take his Ph.D. in 1981. He has taken part in archaeological excavations in Poland, Iran and Greece, participated in a research project on ancient Persian warfare for the British institute of Persian Studies. He has published numerous books and academic articles, and is currently teaching at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology in Torun, Poland.

About this edition

• Publisher: Osprey Publishing
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1841760005
• ISBN 13: 9781841760001
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96
• Illustrator: Hook Richard