Conn Iggulden - Athén kapui

Conn Iggulden brings to life the exciting and heroic story of the Greco-Persian Wars (499-449 BC) in the new trilogy. Its first volume, The Gates of Athens, covers the period from the beginning of the war to the capture of Athens. The story begins with the chronicle of the Battle of Marathon (490 BC), when the Athenians heroically defended their city against the outnumbered army of King Darius on the fennel-scented field. The battle was commanded by Miltiades, who thinned out the central body, and the two wings, thus strengthened, mercilessly crushed the Persians with their spears in a disciplined phalanx formation. For the defeat, Darius wanted to take terrible revenge on the Greeks. The next campaign was already led by his son Xerxes on water and land. The destination was Athens. The decisive battle in the Straits of Thermopylae, B.C. It took place in 480, when the army of Leonidas, king of Sparta, detained Xerxes' land army and naval forces for three days, so Athens managed to gain some time, and Themistocles, the general, evacuated the city in a single day and put the inhabitants to flight.