Research Catalog

Title

Plataea 479 BC : the most glorious victory ever seen / William Shepherd ; illustrated by Peter Dennis.

Author

Shepherd, William, 1946-

Publication

Oxford, England, Long Island City, NY : Osprey Publishing, 2012.

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Details

Additional Authors

Dennis, Peter, 1950-

Description

96 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Campaign ; 239

Uniform Title

Campaign (Osprey Publishing) 239.

Subjects

• 500-449 B.C
• Battle of Plataea > (Plataiai, Greece : > 479 B.C.)
• Persian Wars > (Greece : > 500-449 B.C.)
• History
• Greece > History > Persian Wars, 500 B.C.-449 B.C > Campaigns
• Plataea, Battle of, Plataiai, Greece, 479 B.C

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-94) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Origins of the campaign -- Chronology -- Opposing Commanders: Persian ; Greek -- Opposing forces: Persian forces, weapons and tactics ; Greek forces, weapons and tactics ; Numbers -- Opposing plans: Persian ; Greek -- The campaign to Plataea and Mycale -- Plataea: Opening action ;Middle phase (10-11 days) ; Final phase: the last 24 hours and 'the most glorious victory ever known' -- Mycale: Amphibious operations -- After the battles -- The battlefields today: Plataea ; Mycale.

ISBN

• 9781849085540 (pbk.)
• 1849085544 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2012371139

OCLC

• 721886987
• SCSB-13210699

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library