233 pages
English language
Published Nov. 14, 2011 by Bantam Books.
The first clash
the miraculous Greek victory at Marathon and its impact on Western civilization
by Jim Lacey
A scholarly chronicle describes how Persian invaders were defeated by Greek defenders in the Battle of Marathon, in an account that reveals how an alternate outcome would have posed historical consequences to western civilization.
Subjects
- Marathon, Battle of, Greece, 490 B.C.
- Civilization
- Influence
- History
Places
- Iran
- Greece