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Pylos and Sphacteria 425 BC - Sparta's Island of Disaster by William Shepherd; Peter Dennis (Illustrator)
$10.00 AUD
Category: Children's Non Fiction | Series: Campaign Ser.
During the Peloponnesian War the Athenians occupied the promontory of Pylos to counter Sparta's repeated invasions of Attica. Over two days of fighting the small garrison beat off the Spartan army and the returning Athenian fleet won a crushing victory in the nearby waters, stranding a contingent of eli ...Show more
The Persian War: A Military History by William Shepherd
$49.99 AUD
Category: War/Military | Series: General Military Ser.
The victory of a few Greek city-states over the world's first superpower was an extraordinary military feat that secured the future of western civilization. All modern accounts of the war as a whole, and of Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis, the best-known battles, depend on the ancient sources, foremos ...Show more
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