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The Killing Ground: A Biography of Thermopylae
By Cole, Myke & Michael Livingston
- ISBN
- 9781472858665
- Publisher
- Osprey
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Reviewed on December 22, 2023 | Social Sciences
As far as historians can tell from the admittedly incomplete records, 16 battles and 11 other military actions took place around the mountain pass at Thermopylae in central Greece. More blood may have been shed there than at any other site in history. The area's first undated battle is mostly known only from a reference in Herodotus. The second, in 480 BCE, inspired the movie 300, which is about ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
