Pylos and Sphacteria 425 BC: Sparta’s Island of Disaster by William ShepherdRequirements: .ePUB reader, 22 MbOverview: In the seventh year of the Second Peloponnesian or ‘Archidamian’ War the Athenians occupied the promontory of Pylos on the west coast of the Peloponnese as a counterstroke to Sparta’s repeated invasions of Attica. Over two days of fighting […]
Salamis 480 BC: The Naval Campaign That Saved Greece by William ShepherdRequirements: .PDF reader, 16 MbOverview: In 480 BC, the Greek and Persian fleets met in a battle in the strait between Attica and the island of Salamis. Although outnumbered, the Greeks delivered a crushing victory that ended the Persian threat to Greece. This book […]
The Persian War in Herodotus and Other Ancient Voices by William ShepherdRequirements: .ePUB reader, 22 MbOverview: The Persian War is the name generally given to the first two decades of the period of conflict between the Greeks and the Persians that began in 499 BC and ended around 450. The pivotal moment came in 479, […]
The Persian War in Herodotus and Other Ancient Voices by William ShepherdRequirements: .ePUB reader, 109MBOverview: The Persian War is the name generally given to the first two decades of the period of conflict between the Greeks and the Persians that began in 499 BC and ended around 450. The pivotal moment came in 479, when […]
Plataea 479 BC: The most glorious victory ever seen (Campaign 239) by William Shepherd Requirements: PDF Reader, 17.7mbOverview: Plataea was one of the biggest and most important land battles of pre-20th century history. Close to 100,000 hoplite and light-armed Greeks took on an even larger barbarian army that included elite Asian cavalry and infantry, and […]