By Land and by Sea: The Persian Wars and the Birth of Classical Greece

Author/Contributor(s):	McInerney, Jeremy
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Date:	11/16/2026
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

By Land and by Sea tells the story of the Persian Wars but without the familiar biases against the Persians, and without accepting the Greek accounts of their victory uncritically. It introduces the reader to the Persians as the sophisticated and accomplished rulers of a multi-ethnic world empire and explains how imperial ambitions collided with the harsh realities of fighting by both land and sea.