Description
If this were a movie, the events and cameos would be too numerous and star-studded to mention. It includes Xerxes, Spartans, Immortals, Alexander the Great, scythed chariots, and several of the greatest battles in history.
Dan’s research and book list
1. “The History of Herodotus translation” by George Rawlinson
2. “Forgotten Empire: The World of Ancient Persia” by John Curtis
3. “The World of Achaemenid Persia: The Diversity of Art and Society in Iran and the Ancient Near East” by John Curtis
4. “A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000 – 323 BC, 2nd Edition” by Marc Van De Mieroop
5. “The Persian Empire” by Lindsay Allen
6. “From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire” by Pierre Briant
7. “Hoplites: The Classical Greek Battle Experience” by Victor Davis Hanson
8. “From Sumer to Rome: The Military Capabilities of Ancient Armies” by Richard A. Gabriel
9. “Our Oriental Heritage Part 1” by Will Durant
10 ”Diodorus Siculus I: The Historical Library in Forty Books” by Giles Laurén
11. ”Armies of the Ancient Near East, 3,000 Bc to 539 Bc” by Nigel Stillman and Nigel Tallis
12. “The Histories” by Herodotus (penguin Classics)
13. “The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories” by Herodotus, Robert B. Strassler
14. “A History of the Ancient World” by Chester Starr
15. “The Persian Expedition (Penguin Classics)by” Xenophon
16. “The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greece” by Victor Davis Hanson
17. “The Greco-Persian Wars” by Peter Green
18. “The Defence of Greece” by J. F. Lazenby
19. “The Ancient Historians” by Michael Grant
20. “Persians (Greek Tragedy in New Translations) by Aeschylus translation” by Janet Lembke and C. J. Herington
21. “Classical Bearings: Interpreting Ancient History and Culture” by Peter Green
22. “History of the Persian Empire” by A.T. Olmstead
23. “Combat Trauma and the Ancient Greeks (New Antiquity)” by P. Meineck (Editor), D. Konstan (Editor)
24. “A Political History of the Achaemenid Empire (Ancient Near East)” by M A Dandamaev (Author) and W J Vogelsang (Translator)
25. “The Greek Wars: The Failure of Persia” by George Cawkwell
26. “Towards One World: Ancient Persia and the West” by Warwick Ball
27. “Warfare in Antiquity: History of the Art of War, Volume I” by Hans Delbrück and Walter J. Renfroe Jr.
28. “Greek Warfare: Myth and Realities” by Hans van Wees
29. “The Iliad” by Homer and W. H. D. Rouse
30. “Warhorse: Cavalry in Ancient Warfare” by Philip Sidnell
31. “The Art of War in Western World” by Archer Jones
32. “Soldiers and Ghosts: A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity” by J. E. Lendon
33. “Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army” by Donald Engels
34. “Persians by Aeschylus Translated” by Janet Lembke and C. J. Herington
35. “Ctesias’ ‘History of Persia’: Tales of the Orient” by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and James Robson
36. “Towards One World: Ancient Persia and the West (Asia in Europe and the Making of the West)” by Warwick Ball
37. “Philip II of Macedonia: Greater than Alexander” by Richard A. Gabriel
38. “Diodorus Siculus I: The Historical Library in Forty Books” by by Giles Laurén
39. “The Origins Of War: From The Stone Age To Alexander The Great, Revised Edition (History & Warfare)” by Arther Ferrill
40. “Alexander of Macedon 356-323 B.C.: A Historical Biography” by Peter Green
41. “The Madness of Alexander the Great: And the Myth of Military Genius” by Richard A. Gabriel
42. “The Generalship Of Alexander The Great” by J.F.C. Fuller
43. “Alexander and the East: The Tragedy of Triumph” by A. B. Bosworth