Two Deaths at Amphipolis: Cleon Vs Brasidas in the Peloponnesian War

by Mike Roberts

This original book looks in detail at arguably the two most significant characters on either side in the middle years of the great Peloponnesian War and the showdown in and around Amphipolis that led to both their deaths in 422 BC. The Spartan commander Brasidas was already a veteran of many campaigns when he headed for the strategically important northern theater. Cleon was the key hawk in the Athenian assembly who led his fellow citizens in a major...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783463783
• ISBN13: 9781783463787
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.