The True Story of Themistocles.
Beautiful Letters| N° d'inventaire | 16341 |
| Format | 11 x 18 |
| Détails | 172 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2012 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782251040141 |
525 BC: Athens dominates a territory of barely a few thousand km2. 480 BC: A fleet of 300 triremes, master of the Aegean Sea and coming from the largest naval base in the Mediterranean, defeats the 600 ships of the Persian invader at Salamis. This is the end of the Second Persian War. Athens dominates the Greek world. In 525, Themistocles is born in Athens. In 460, he dies in exile. Who gave Athens this invincible fleet? Themistocles. Who defeated the Great King of Persia at Salamis? Themistocles. Who created the port of Piraeus? Themistocles. The one who raised his homeland to the forefront will be hunted down as a traitor and will end his days among the enemy. Plutarch, Diodorus, Herodotus tell us.
525 BC: Athens dominates a territory of barely a few thousand km2. 480 BC: A fleet of 300 triremes, master of the Aegean Sea and coming from the largest naval base in the Mediterranean, defeats the 600 ships of the Persian invader at Salamis. This is the end of the Second Persian War. Athens dominates the Greek world. In 525, Themistocles is born in Athens. In 460, he dies in exile. Who gave Athens this invincible fleet? Themistocles. Who defeated the Great King of Persia at Salamis? Themistocles. Who created the port of Piraeus? Themistocles. The one who raised his homeland to the forefront will be hunted down as a traitor and will end his days among the enemy. Plutarch, Diodorus, Herodotus tell us.