Mediterranean: Portrait of a SeaOverview of the historical events that took place in the Mediterranean Sea. |
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Page 116
... Athenians to march north with ten thousand men and capture this bottleneck before him . The Athenians had been alerted , almost within minutes of the Persian disembarkation , by a beacon fire lit on the peak of Mount Pentelikon , the ...
... Athenians to march north with ten thousand men and capture this bottleneck before him . The Athenians had been alerted , almost within minutes of the Persian disembarkation , by a beacon fire lit on the peak of Mount Pentelikon , the ...
Page 184
... Athenians lost their command of the heights of Epipolae . They now found to their consternation that it was they , in their base camp south of the great harbour , who were in danger of being cut off and besieged . Nicias sent an urgent ...
... Athenians lost their command of the heights of Epipolae . They now found to their consternation that it was they , in their base camp south of the great harbour , who were in danger of being cut off and besieged . Nicias sent an urgent ...
Page 185
... Athenians ' all was staked on their fleet , their fear for the future was like none that they had ever felt before ; and from the unequal nature of the engagement they were also compelled to have an unequal view of it from the beach ...
... Athenians ' all was staked on their fleet , their fear for the future was like none that they had ever felt before ; and from the unequal nature of the engagement they were also compelled to have an unequal view of it from the beach ...
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Aegean Alexandria allies ancient Arabs army Asia Minor Athenians Athens basin battle became British Byzantine Byzantine Empire Byzantium canal captured Carthage Carthaginians centre century B.C. Christian coast colonies conflict conquest Constantinople Corsica Crete Crusaders culture dominated early East eastern Mediterranean Egypt Emperor enemy English Etruscans Euboea Europe European fact fish fleet force Fourth Crusade France French galleys Gibraltar Greece Greek H. A. L. Fisher harbour Herodotus hundred Ionian island Italian Italy knights land later Levant Levanzo mainland Malta Maltese mast Mediter Moslem mountain Napoleon naval navigation navy North Africa northern oars Odysseus once Ottoman period Persian Phoenicians port ranean Rhodes rich Roman Empire Rome routes sail sailors Saint John Sardinia ships Sicilian Sicily siege southern Spain Spartans strait Syracuse territory throughout trade trireme troops Turkish Turks Vandals Venetians Venice vessels victory West western whole wind