Storm of Spears by Christopher Matthew, Christopher Matthew

336 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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The backbone of classical Greek armies was the phalanx of heavily armoured spearmen, or hoplites. These were the soldiers that defied the might of Persia at Marathon, Thermopylae and Plataea and, more often, fought each other in the countless batt...

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