Battles of the Ancient World [Set]
Subtitle: Alexander 334-323 BC Qadesh 1300 BC Yarmuk AD 636 Cannae 216 Adrianople AD 378 Marathon 490 BC (Praeger Illustrated Military History)
Edition: Ill edition
Publisher: Praeger Publishers; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: September 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780275988302
Subjects: History of specific subjects; History; History - Military / War; History: World; Greece; Ancient - Greece; Ancient - Rome; Military - General; History / Military / General; Europe - Greece; Marathon, Battle of, Greece, 490 B.C
First sentence: "It has been the verdict of most historians, whether ancient or modern, that the immediate cause of the Second Punic War was Hannibal's capture of the Spanish city of Saguntum in 219 BC."