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Page 283
... Persia ( Iran ) still threatened , and the Greek cities of Asia Minor were still for the most part under Persian rule . Soon Persian gold incited Sparta to attack the Athenians . The war between Athens and Sparta lasted about thirty ...
... Persia ( Iran ) still threatened , and the Greek cities of Asia Minor were still for the most part under Persian rule . Soon Persian gold incited Sparta to attack the Athenians . The war between Athens and Sparta lasted about thirty ...
Page 308
... Persian numbers were of no advantage in the narrow defile . But a certain Epialtes from Malis betrayed to the Persians a secret way around the position , and in the night word came to Leonidas that his forces were being cut off from ...
... Persian numbers were of no advantage in the narrow defile . But a certain Epialtes from Malis betrayed to the Persians a secret way around the position , and in the night word came to Leonidas that his forces were being cut off from ...
Page 313
... Persian , lay be- tween the invader and the future of the civilized world . Various schemes of defense were proposed , but the obvious tactical maneuver was to take advantage of the narrow waters between Salamis and the mainland , where ...
... Persian , lay be- tween the invader and the future of the civilized world . Various schemes of defense were proposed , but the obvious tactical maneuver was to take advantage of the narrow waters between Salamis and the mainland , where ...
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