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Series Book 1 - Commanders and Campaigns
This history of Ancient Greek warfare vividly chronicles the struggle for control of the Macedonian Empire, a fateful time of change in the Ancient World.As the story goes, Alexander the Great decreed from his deathbed that his vast Macedonian Empire should go "to the strongest". What followed was an epic struggle between generals and governors for control of the territories. Most of these ... Read more

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This history of Ancient Greek warfare vividly chronicles the struggle for control of the Macedonian Empire, a fateful time of change in the Ancient World.As the story goes, Alexander the Great decreed from his deathbed that his vast Macedonian Empire should go "to the strongest". What followed was an epic struggle between generals and governors for control of the territories. Most of these
... Read more
The Symposium (Illustrated Edition)

by Plato ...

To say Socrates was an influence on Plato would be a vast understatement; historians today still struggle to distinguish Socrates philosophical beliefs from Platos, because much of Platos writings consisted of Socratic dialogues, in which the main character, Socrates, discusses the topic of the writing with his followers. Yet for all of the influence of Socrates life on Plato, it was Socrates ... Read more

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To say Socrates was an influence on Plato would be a vast understatement; historians today still struggle to distinguish Socrates philosophical beliefs from Platos, because much of Platos writings consisted of Socratic dialogues, in which the main character, Socrates, discusses the topic of the writing with his followers. Yet for all of the influence of Socrates life on Plato, it was Socrates
... Read more
Imperios de crueldad

La Antigüedad clásica y la inhumanidad

by Manuel Alejandro Rodríguez de la Peña ...

Un elemento no desdeñable de las religiones políticas contemporáneas, desde el jacobinismo al nazismo, fue la emulación del pasado clásico. El peligro de esa evocación no ha estado circunscrito a los nacionalismos o al colonialismo. De hecho, en sus orígenes estuvo más bien vinculado con tendencias políticas revolucionarias. Si Mussolini y Hitler estuvieron fascinados con la Roma imperial o la ... Read more

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Un elemento no desdeñable de las religiones políticas contemporáneas, desde el jacobinismo al nazismo, fue la emulación del pasado clásico. El peligro de esa evocación no ha estado circunscrito a los nacionalismos o al colonialismo. De hecho, en sus orígenes estuvo más bien vinculado con tendencias políticas revolucionarias. Si Mussolini y Hitler estuvieron fascinados con la Roma imperial o la
... Read more
The Plague of War

Athens, Sparta, and the Struggle for Ancient Greece

by Jennifer T. Roberts ...

Series series Ancient Warfare and Civilization
In 431 BC, the long simmering rivalry between the city-states of Athens and Sparta erupted into open warfare, and for more than a generation the two were locked in a life-and-death struggle. The war embroiled the entire Greek world, provoking years of butchery previously unparalleled in ancient Greece. Whole cities were exterminated, their men killed, their women and children enslaved. While the ... Read more

$15.19 USD

In 431 BC, the long simmering rivalry between the city-states of Athens and Sparta erupted into open warfare, and for more than a generation the two were locked in a life-and-death struggle. The war embroiled the entire Greek world, provoking years of butchery previously unparalleled in ancient Greece. Whole cities were exterminated, their men killed, their women and children enslaved. While the
... Read more

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