| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xviii, 397 p. : maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Fear : why Sparta fought Athens (480-431) -- Fire : the war against the land (431-425) -- Disease : the ravages of the plague at Athens (430-426) -- Terror : war in the shadows (431-421) -- Armor : hoplite pitched battles (424-418) -- Walls : sieges (431-415) -- Horses : the disaster at Sicily (415-413) -- Ships : the war at sea (431-404) -- Climax : Trireme fighting in the Aegean (411-405) -- Ruin? Winners and losers (404-403) -- Appendix I : glossary of terms and places -- Appendix II : key people. |
| Subject |
Greece -- History -- Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.
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| ISBN |
1400060958 (hardcover : acid-free paper) |
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