Athens Burning: The Persian Invasion of Greece and the Evacuation of Attica by Robert Garland

Athens Burning: The Persian Invasion of Greece and the Evacuation of Attica

Robert Garland

274 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced

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Between June 480 and August 479 BC, tens of thousands of Athenians evacuated, following King Xerxes' victory at the Battle of Thermopylae. Abandoning their homes and ancestral tombs in the wake of the invading Persian army, they sought refuge abro...

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