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  <title><![CDATA[Great Battles of the Ancient World (The Great Courses)]]></title>
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  <default-description>4 disc set with course outline in paperback. Course emphasis on battle tactics, eqipment and stradegy. Academic in nature. Some illustrations and pictures of ancient artifacts. Abundant tactical illustrations. Traces the history of open field battles, sieges and naval battles. 24 half hour lectures on 4 discs. Course guidebook is a outline of lectures including bibliograhy and sources.</default-description>
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    <body><![CDATA[While the first few lectures were a bit slower (interesting, but not as narratively compelling), the middle lectures, including Marathon, Thermopylae, the March of the 10,000 (my favorite) and Alexander the Great's arc were amazing. I really look at this audioseries as a resource, well worth revisit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72651880">more...</a>]]></body>
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