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  		   Posted 3/23/2007 9:45 AM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
What with all the recent hoo-ha over 300 and the current popularity of all things Spartan, now would be a good time to mention Paul Cartledge’s book Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World, an excellent account of the battle and its continuing resonance throughout the world

 
 

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Bill Ward
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  		   Posted 3/23/2007 7:23 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
So many books, so little time....

Sounds liek a good one.
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  		   Posted 10/5/2007 2:17 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Sounds like something I'd like to look at. While I'm at it, can I recommend "A War Like No Other," by Victor Davis Hanson. This is a book of the Pelopennisian war, when the victors of the Persian War, Athens and Sparta, went to war with each other.

A very grim, painful part of history to read about. And highly revolent to todays current political situation.

Enjoy.

Lee
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  		   Posted 10/5/2007 7:03 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Seems I read this Cartledge book a few years ago, or maybe it was another about the battle. Either way, interesting stuff.

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