The Peloponnesian War: Athens and Sparta in Savage Conflict, 431-404 BC
- ISBN-10
- 0007115067
- ISBN-13
- 9780007115068
- Series
- The Peloponnesian War
- Category
- Greece
- Pages
- 511
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- HarperCollins UK
- Author
- Donald Kagan
Description
The Stalingrad of the ancient world, this is an immensely readable, brilliant, brutal and vivid history of the greatest and bloodiest war of ancient Greece.
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- 2019-02-10
- 110 pages
- Paperback
- Independently Published
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