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The Battle of Salamis: the Naval Encounter That Saved Greece -- and Western Civilization by Barry Strauss |
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The Battle of Salamis: the Naval Encounter That Saved Greece -- and Western Civilization by Barry Strauss |
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Are you saying that the PERSIAN Empire was a threat to WESTERN Culture and Civilization?
I hope you are not!
The Battle of Salamis, along with Thermoplyae and Marathon, saved democracy from being smothered n the cradle by Xerxes.
Persian Fire:
The First World Empire and
the Battle for the West
by Tom Holland
May 2, 2006
UK edition, out now
reviewed by Paul Cartledge
