The Greek Wars : The Failure of Persia
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0199299838
ISBN-13
9780199299836
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 20th, 2006
Print length
336 Pages
Weight
436 grams
Dimensions
21.60 x 13.80 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
European historyAsian historyAncient history: to c 500 CE
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In this stimulating study that frequently challenges received opinion, George Cawkwell re-examines the whole course of Persian relations with Greek states from a Persian perspective, from the coming of Cyrus in the mid sixth century BC down to the defeat of Darius by Alexander the Great at the battle of Gaugamela in 331 BC.
The Greek Wars treats of 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 BC. 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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