The Cambridge Ancient History Volume 4: Persia Greece and the Western Mediterranean c.525 to 479 BC
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The first section of this volume examines the Persian empire the regions it comprised and its expansion under Cyrus Darius and Xerxes. In Greece Sparta attained maturity as the leader of a military coalition and Athens passed through a period of enlightened tyranny to a moderate democracy of dynamic energy and intelligence. Given the contrast between Greek idealism and Persian absolutism a clash between the two empires was inevitable. Important chapters deal with the revolt of Ionian Greeks against the Persians and the two Persian invasions of Greece including epic battles at Marathon Tthermopylae and Salamis. The books third part turns to the Western Mediterranean: Italy becomes a significant factor in the areas historical development and is explored in terms of its peoples and languages from the Bronze to the Iron Ages.
