ASIN: B00OV7R2JU
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Pages: 40
*Includes pictures*Discusses how the battle was fought and legends about the battle such as Pheidippides running back to Athens*Includes a bibliography for further reference*Includes a table of contents“The Athenians...charged the barbarians at a run. Now the distance between the two armies was little short of eight furlongs [about a mile]. The Persians, therefore, when they saw the Greeks coming on at speed, made ready to receive them, although it seemed to them that the Athenians were bereft of their senses, and bent upon their own destruction; for they saw a mere handful of men coming on at a run without either horsemen or archers..." - HerodotusThe Ancient Greeks have long been considered the forefathers of modern Western civilization, but the Golden Age of Athens and the spread of Greek influence across much of the known world only occurred due to one of the most crucial battles of ...
