Athens Burning : the Persian invasion of Greece and the evacuation of Attica / Robert Garland.

"In this next offering for the Witness to Ancient History series, Robert Garland writes about the Persian invasion of Greece in the 5th century BC. After introducing the reader to the contextual background of the Greco-Persian Wars, including the famous Battle of Marathon, Garland describes the vari...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Garland, Robert, 1947- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017.
Series:Witness to ancient history.
Subjects:
Athens (Greece) > History > Siege, 480 B.C.
Greece > History > Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C. > Social aspects.
Civilians in war > Greece > Athens > History > To 1500.
Greece > History > Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C. > Campaigns.
Civilians in war.
Military campaigns.
Social aspects.
Greece.
Greece > Athens.
To 1500
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xiii, 170 pages : illustrations.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The Origins
  • The Evacuation
  • The First Burning
  • The Second Burning
  • The Post-War Period.