The Battle of Marathon - Yale Library of Military History - Peter Krentz - Books - Yale University Press - 9780300177664 - September 27, 2011
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The Battle of Marathon - Yale Library of Military History

Peter Krentz

The Battle of Marathon - Yale Library of Military History

How did the city-state of Athens defeat the invaders from Persia, the first world empire, on the plain of Marathon in 490 BCE? Scholars skeptical of our earliest surviving source, Herodotus, have produced one ingenious theory after another. This book argues that Herodotus was right after all.


256 pages, 32 black-&-white illustrations

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released September 27, 2011
ISBN13 9780300177664
Publishers Yale University Press
Pages 256
Dimensions 157 × 234 × 15 mm   ·   370 g
Language English  

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