by Paul Cartledge · Círculo De Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788467227093
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«Termópilas: la batalla que cambió el mundo» is the historical essay by Paul Cartledge, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (373 pages, in Spanish).
The book starts from the epitaph to the three hundred warriors who died at Thermopylae to explain the character of the Lacedaemonian polis, which sent its best men on a suicide mission. From there it reconstructs the context of the battle, Spartan bravery, and its impact on history.
The edition was published in October 2007.
For readers interested in ancient history, classical Greece, and the account of great battles.
Paul Anthony Cartledge is a British ancient historian and academic. From 2008 to 2014, he was the A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at the University of Cambridge. He had previously held a personal chair in Greek history at Cambridge. He is currently Emeritus A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at the University of Cambridge and a Global Distinguished Professor at NYU.
