"Master, remember the Athenians" (servant Darius Darius, 3 times meal)

Volume 2 of the investigation is devoted to the war between the Greeks and Persians, spread over a good fifty of years. The largest ancient history of war. East against West, barbaric cons Greeks.
"Herodotus dHalicarnasse presents the results of his investigation, so that time nabolisse not the work of men and their great exploits performed by either the Greeks or the barbarians, falling into oblivion; and it gives particularly because of the conflict that began two peoples struggling. "(Preface to volume 1)

It was thus entitled to the story became legendary Greek side battles:
- Marathon ultimately rather quiet (Incidentally, the legend of the marathon runner must be wrong because the Philippidès of the legend is the herald of which Herodotus speaks, and made darme is not to have run after the battle between Athens and Marathon, but before the battle, and between Athens and Sparta, all for nothing, since the Spartans arrive after the battle, having waited to leave "that the moon was in full")
- Thermopylae, the pinnacle of the struggle, with Leonidas and his 300 Spartans:
"They did well to see everyone, beginning with the king, that he there was a dindividus crowd, but few dhommes. "
Commemorated erected after the battle:
"Here, against three million dhommes fought once
Four thousand men from the Peloponnese "
- Salamis where the Persian fleet was routed:
- Plataea, where the army of the Persians was defeated too, despite the flight of some Greeks allies:
"The tombs belonging to these peoples [Spartans, Athenians Tegeans, Megarians, Phliasians] actually received the bodies, but DAfter my information, other nations which are shown at Plataea burials, ashamed of navoir not take part in the battle, each raised an empty burial mound, to impress the next generation. "

Herodotus manages to perfectly recreate the epic dimensions of laffrontement, as always with some fun facts such as Xerxes chastising lHellespont after a storm that destroyed the bridge built 300 lashes, a pair dentrave sea "seared" and speech:
"Bitter Wave, our teacher disciplines you because you tired when he offended your never hurts. King Xerxes will cross you, whether you like it or not; and this is justice that no toffre sacrifices, because you know quun disorder of water and brackish ties. "
Highly recommended to those who like ancient history.