The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World
The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo is a book written by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy and published in 1851. This book tells the story of the fifteen military engagements which, according to the author, had a significant impact on world history. Chapters Each chapter of the book describes a different battle. The fifteen chapters are: The Battle of Marathon, 490 BC Excerpt: "Two thousand three hundred and forty years ago, a council of Athenian Officers was summoned on the slope of one of the mountains that look over the plain of Marathon, on the eastern coast of Attica. The immediate subject of their meeting was to consider whether they should give battle to an enemy that lay encamped on the shore beneath them; but on the result of their deliberations depended, not merely the fate of two armies, but the whole future progress of human civilization." Defeat of the Athenians at Syracuse, 413 BC Known as the Battle of Syracuse. Excerpt: "Few cities have undergone more memorable sieges during ancient and medieval times than has the city of Syracuse." The Battle of Gaugamela, 331 BC Also called the Battle of Arbela. Excerpt: "the ancient Persian