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Cawkwell, George

 
9780199299836: The Greek Wars: The Failure of Persia
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0199299838 ISBN 13 : 9780199299836
Editeur : Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 2006

Synopsis

The Greek Wars treats the whole course of Persian relations with the Greeks from the coming of Cyrus in the 540s down to Alexander the Great's defeat of Darius III in 331 B.C. . Cawkwell discusses from a Persian perspective major questions such as why Xerxes' invasion of Greece failed, and how important a part the Great King played in Greek affairs in the fourth century. Cawkwell's views are at many points original: in particular, his explanation of how and why the Persian invasion of Greece failed challenges the prevailing orthodoxy, as does his view of the importance of Persia in Greek affairs for the two decades after the King's Peace. Persia, he concludes, was destroyed by Macedonian military might but moral decline had no part in it; the Macedonians who had subjected Greece were too good an army, but their victory was not easy.

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À propos de l'auteur

George Cawkwell is Emeritus Fellow, University College, Oxford.


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Éditeur
Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0199299838
ISBN 13 
9780199299836
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
330
Coordonnées du fabricant
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