Classical Art of Command C

by Joseph Roisman

Book Overview

The Classical Age of Greece produced some of history's best-known generals and commanders. They include the Spartan king Leonidas, who embodied his countrymen's heroic ethos in the battle of Thermopylae; the Athenian leader Themistocles, credited as the architect of Athens' naval power and of the Greek victory over the Persians; the famous democratic leader, Pericles, who prepared Athens and directed its conflict with Sparta, known as the Peloponnesian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199985820
• ISBN13: 9780199985821
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.3" x 8.6"