The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War
- 420 páginas
- 15 horas de lectura
A new evaluation of the origins and causes of the Peloponnesian War, based on evidence produced by modern scholarship and on a careful reconsideration of the ancient texts.
La Guerra del Peloponeso Serie
Esta serie se adentra en un conflicto crucial del mundo antiguo, examinando meticulosamente sus complejos orígenes y su trayectoria inevitable. Ofrece una profunda exploración de las maquinaciones políticas, las estrategias militares y las repercusiones sociales que moldearon la civilización helénica. Los lectores encontrarán un análisis riguroso basado tanto en la erudición moderna como en una cuidadosa reconsideración de los textos clásicos. Es una lectura esencial para cualquier persona interesada en la historia militar, el Mediterráneo antiguo y la naturaleza del conflicto.
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The Archidamian War
- 400 páginas
- 14 horas de lectura
This book, the second volume in Donald Kagan's tetralogy about the Peloponnesian War, is a provocative and tightly argued history of the first ten years of the war. Taking a chronological approach that allows him to present at each stage the choices...
The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition
- 400 páginas
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In the third volume of his four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War, Donald Kagan examines the years between the signing of the peace treaty and the destruction of the Athenian expedition to Sicily in 413 B.C.
The Fall of the Athenian Empire
- 480 páginas
- 17 horas de lectura
In the fourth and final volume of his magisterial history of the Peloponnesian War, Donald Kagan examines the period from the destruction of Athens' Sicilian expedition in September of 413 B.C. to the Athenian surrender to Sparta in the spring of 404...