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    The Battle of Plataiai 479 BC

    Oct 07, 2022 3 minutes

    By Andreas Konecny and Nicholas Sekunda (eds.)

    ISBN: 978-3851612714

    Phoibos Verlag (2022) – €89.00

    www.phoibos.at

    This collection of eleven papers commemorates the 2500th anniversary of the Battle of Plataea (or indeed Plataiai) fought in August 479 BC. This was indeed “a battle which shaped history”, as Sekunda opines in his preface. Plataea is also a battle that has been analysed many times. After a brief introduction by Konecny (“The road to Plataiai”), topics are covered in three

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