The Battle of Marathon / Peter Krentz ; foreword by Donald Kagan and Dennis Showalter. by Krentz, Peter

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History : the battle of marathon. by 50minutes.Com

Table of Contents: “…Title Page; The Battle of Marathon; Key information; Introduction; Political and social context; Expansion of the Persian Empire; The Ionian Revolt; The Aegean strategy of Darius I; The failed campaign of 492 B.C.; The expedition of 491 B.C.; Commanders and leaders; Miltiades, Athenian general; Callimachus of Aphidna, Athenian polemarch; Datis the Mede, Persian admiral; Artaphernes, Persian general; Analysis of the battle; Choosing Marathon; Athens: a military democracy; The forces present; The Greek army; The Persian army; The Greek advantage in weaponry and the lack of Persian horsemen.…”
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A history of Greece : from the time of Solon to 403 B.C. / George Grote ; condensed and edited by J.M. Mitchell and M.O.B. Caspari ; with a new introduction by Paul Cartledge. by Grote, George, 1794-1871

Table of Contents: “…From the Ionic revolt to the battle of Marathon -- 8. From the battle of Marathon to the march of Xerxes against Greece -- 9. …”
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Darius the Great : ancient ruler of the Persian empire / Jacob Abbott. by Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879

Table of Contents: “…THE INVASION OF GREECE AND THE BATTLE OF MARATHON; CHAPTER XII. THE DEATH OF DARIUS; Notes.…”
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War & civilization / Discovery Communications, Inc. ; produced by Worldview Pictures for The Learning Channel.

Age of Empire / BBC Worldwide Ltd.

Table of Contents: “…Empire and War (2:03) -- Siege of Lachish (3:32) -- Nineveh Palace Friezes (1:09) -- Phoenician Alphabet (2:50) -- Cyrus the Great (3:11) -- Spreading Currency (2:59) -- Monotheism Origins (3:19) -- Siddhartha Gautama (3:06) -- Founding Buddhism (4:13) -- Democracy Experiment (3:30) -- Battle of Marathon (7:41) -- Confucius (2:29) -- Chinese Social Reform (3:50) -- Alexander the Great (3:09) -- Cultural Integration Policy (4:46) -- Socrates' Dilemma (5:51) -- Credits: Age of Empire: History of the World (0:32)…”
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New perspectives on ancient warfare / edited by Garrett G. Fagan, Matthew Trundle.

Table of Contents: “…Fagan -- All the king's horse : in search of Achaemenid Persian cavalry / Christopher Tuplin -- A cup by Douris and the Battle of Marathon / Peter Krentz -- "Those who sail are to receive a wage" : naval warfare and finance in Archaic Eretria / Hans van Wees -- Coinage and the transformation of Greek warfare / Matthew Trundle -- The Carthaginian navy : questions and assumptions / Louis Rawlings -- Phalanges in Rome? …”
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Chasing Pheidippides : marathon training 101 / presented by Jason Karp.

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Great battles of the classical Greek world / Owen Rees. by Rees, Owen

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 11 The Siege of Plataea (429-427 BC)Chapter 12 The Sieges of Pylos and Sphacteria (425 BC); Chapter 13 The Siege of Syracuse (415-413 BC); Chapter 14 The Siege of the Drilae (400 BC); Part IV: Greco-Persian Conflicts; Chapter 15 The Battle of Marathon (490 BC); Chapter 16 The Battle of Plataea 479 BC; Chapter 17 The Battle of Cunaxa (401 BC); Part V: Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Art of war / Victoria Charles and Sun Tzu. by Charles, Victoria, Tzu, Sun

Table of Contents: “…Introduction; Millennia of War; Portraying War in Art; The Artists of War; The Art of Modern Warfare; Mythological Battles; The Trojan War; Battle of the Amazons; The Rape of the Sabine Women; Antiquity to Christianisation of theRoman Empire; The Victory Stele of Naram-Sin of Akkad; Battle of Kadesh; Battle of Marathon; Battle of Thermopylae; Battle of Mantinea; The Campaigns of Alexander the Great; Battle of the Granicus River; Battle of Issus; Battle of Arbela (Battle of Gaugamela); Battle of Heraclea; Battle of Cannae; Battle of Zama; Siege and Fall of Carthage; Battle of Alesia.…”
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A history of war in 100 battles / Richard Overy. by Overy, R. J.

Table of Contents: “…The fall of Troy ; Battle of Mount Vesuvius ; Battle of Roncesvalles ; Battle of Kleidion-Strumitsa ; Battle of Manzikert ; Battle of Lake Peipus ; Fall of Tenochtitlán ; Battle of Blenheim ; Battle of Hohenfriedberg ; Battle of the Plains of Abraham ; Siege of Yorktown ; Battle of the Little Big Horn ; Battle of Alam Halfa ; The Normandy Invasion ; Operation Bagration ; The Six Day War ; Tet Offensive -- Courage in the face of fire. Battle of Marathon ; Battle of the Catalaunian Fields (Châlons) ; Battle of Poitiers-Tours ; Battle of Lechfeld ; Battle of Arsuf ; Battle of Borodino ; Battle of Leipzig ; Battle of Navarino Bay ; First battle of Manassas (Bull Run) ; Battle of Gettysburg ; Battle of Tacna ; The Battle of Verdun ; First day of the Somme ; Guadalcanal ; Stalingrad ; Fourth battle of Monte Cassino -- In the nick of time. …”
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Greek and Persian Wars 499-386 BC. by De Souza, Philip

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