The Greek and Persian Wars 500-323 BC (Men-at-Arms, Volume by Jack Cassin-Scott

By Jack Cassin-Scott

Within the early fifth century BC, after the autumn of the Lydian Empire, the Persian Wars all started. It used to be an ideological clash which pitted a proud, democratic, freedom-loving humans opposed to a tyrannical and strong empire. The tales of the various battles fought among the Greeks and the Persians are the following spendidly delivered to lifestyles by means of Jack Cassin-Scott, who info the strategies, organization and uniforms of the armies of each side in a quantity that includes quite a few illustrations and museum photos, plus 8 complete web page color plates beautifully drawn via the writer himself.

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