The Greek Wars: The Failure of Persia (Paperback)
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Short Description for The Greek Wars Re-examines the whole course of Persian relations with Greek states from a Persian perspective, from the coming of Cyrus in the mid sixth century BC down to the defeat of Darius by Alexander the Great at the battle of Gaugamela in 331 BC.
Full description- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Published: 21 September 2006
- Format: Paperback 336 pages
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- Categories: European History | Middle Eastern History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | Military History
- ISBN 13: 9780199299836 ISBN 10: 0199299838
- Sales rank: 459,687
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Full description for The Greek Wars
The Greek Wars treats of the whole course of Persian relations with the Greeks from the coming of Cyrus in the 540s down to Alexander the Great's defeat of Darius III in 331 BC. Cawkwell discusses from a Persian perspective major questions such as why Xerxes' invasion of Greece failed, and how important a part the Great King played in Greek affairs in the fourth century. Cawkwell's views are at many points original: in particular, his explanation of how and why the Persian invasion of Greece failed challenges the prevailing orthodoxy, as does his view of the importance of Persia in Greek affairs for the two decades after the King's Peace. Persia, he concludes, was destroyed by Macedonian military might but moral decline had no part in it; the Macedonians who had subjected Greece were too good an army, but their victory was not easy.
