Invasions of ancient Persia were always daunting tasks. They often led to disaster. In the 6th and 5th centuries BCE, the Persian empire came to dominate a vast and varied geography with Iran at its ...

In these books, an emperor, an officer and an orphan look for anything that resembles a clear victory in the fog of war.

The so-called Ionian Revolt was the beginning of a series of events and war reprisals between Ancient Greeks and Persians.