100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the PresentBloomsbury Academic, 2000 M01 1 - 474 pages Key battles have shaped history since time immemorial. This handy reference work spotlights 100 of the world's most important military confrontations, from 1469 B.C.–A.D. 1991. |
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... defeat ended Athens ' reign as the dominant polis . Sparta for a time tried to rule Greece , but its militaristic society was not meant for other cities and it too failed to establish hegemony . No one dominated Greece after this time ...
... defeat ended Athens ' reign as the dominant polis . Sparta for a time tried to rule Greece , but its militaristic society was not meant for other cities and it too failed to establish hegemony . No one dominated Greece after this time ...
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... defeat- ing armies sent against him by local Persian governors or by the Persian Emperor Darius III . His army established Greek control over Asia Minor , defeated Darius at Issus ( 333 ) , and then secured the eastern Mediterranean ...
... defeat- ing armies sent against him by local Persian governors or by the Persian Emperor Darius III . His army established Greek control over Asia Minor , defeated Darius at Issus ( 333 ) , and then secured the eastern Mediterranean ...
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... defeat at Châlons , Attila was not yet broken . The fol- lowing year , 452 , he was once again demand- ing to marry Honoria , and this time he invaded the Italian peninsula to force that wedding . Hun forces pillaged their way southward ...
... defeat at Châlons , Attila was not yet broken . The fol- lowing year , 452 , he was once again demand- ing to marry Honoria , and this time he invaded the Italian peninsula to force that wedding . Hun forces pillaged their way southward ...
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Megiddo 1479 B C | 1 |
Syracuse 415413 B C | 18 |
Gaugamela Arbela 331 B C | 31 |
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