Thermopylae / Chris Carey.

During the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC, a Greek force of approximately 7,000 faced the biggest army ever seen in the Greek peninsula. For three days, the Persians-the greatest miltary force in the world-were stopped in their tracks by a vastly inferior force, before the bulk of the Greek army wa...

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Uniform Title:Great battles (Oxford University Press)
Main Author: Carey, Chris (Author)
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Great battles (Oxford University Press)
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Physical Description:xxv, 233 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 23 cm.
Format: Book

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