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Sinopsis: Hace tres mil años ocurrió la misteriosa muerte del joven faraón Tutankamón. Esta trágica historia ha planteado a los historiadores numerosos interrogantes: ° Las radiografías del cráneo de

Un análisis exhaustivo y crítico de la ciudad tardorromana en el Mediterráneo y de us aspectos económicos, culturales y religiosos hecho por una prestigiosa conocedora de la vida cultural y socioecon

Although written over four hundred years after Alexanders death, Arrians Campaigns of Alexander is the most reliable account of the man and his achievements we have. Arrians own experience as a military commander gave him unique insights into the life of the worlds greatest conqueror. He tells of Alexanders violent suppression of the Theban rebellion, his total defeat of Persia, and his campaigns through Egypt, India and Babylon establishing new cities and destroying others in his path. While Alexander emerges from this record as an unparalleled and charismatic leader, Arrian succeeds brilliantly in creating an objective and fully rounded portrait of a man of boundless ambition, who was exposed to the temptations of power and worshipped as a god in his own lifetime.

This is a reissue, with a new introduction and an update to the bibliography, of the original edition, published in 1970 as "The Year of Salamis" in England and as "Xerxes at Salamis" in the U.S. The long and bitter struggle between the great Persian Empire and the fledgling Greek states reached its high point with the extraordinary Greek victory at Salamis in 480 B.C. The astonishing sea battle banished forever the specter of Persian invasion and occupation. Peter Green brilliantly retells this historic moment, evoking the whole dramatic sweep of events that the Persian offensive set in motion. The massive Greek victory, despite the Greeks'' inferior numbers, opened the way for the historic evolution of the Greek states in a climate of creativity, independence, and democracy, one that provided a model and an inspiration for centuries to come. Green''s accounts of both Persian and Greek strategies are clear and persuasive; equally convincing are his everyday details regarding the lives of soldiers, statesmen, and ordinary citizens. He has first-hand knowledge of the land and sea he describes, as well as full command of original sources and modern scholarship. With a new foreword, "The Greco-Persian Wars" is a book that lovers of fine historical writing will greet with pleasure.