The Decisive Battles of World History

Connolly, Greece and Rome at War.

De Souza, Heckel, and Llewellyn-Jones, The Greeks at War.

Green, The Greco-Persian Wars.

Herodotus, The Landmark Herodotus.

———, Histories Book IX.

Shepherd, Plataea 479 BC.

1. In what ways might history have been different if Persia had won the
   Battle of Plataea and conquered Greece?


2. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the hoplite style of warfare?

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