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🚩On the surface it is a minor battle in the Peloponnesian war, but in fact it was quite significant. It, arguably, turned the tide of the war and marked the first time that a written record was made of a deliberate use of a cavalry reserve in the heat of the battle.
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📢 Narrated by David McCallion
🎼 Music, courtesy of EpidemicSound
📝 Sources:
History of the Peloponnesian War – by Thucydides, translation by Rex Warner, edited by M.I.Finley (1972)
https://www.amazon.com/History-Peloponnesian-War-Thucydides/dp/0140440399
Puzzling about the Battle of Delium: Part 1 – by Bill Armintrout (aka Editor in Chief Bill) (2021)
http://theminiaturespage.com/profiles/?id=660751
The Battle For Delium In 424 BCE: Hillside Charges And Giant Flamethrowers – by C. Keith Hansley (2021)
https://thehistorianshut.com/2018/06/22/the-battle-for-delium-in-424-bce-hillside-charges-and-giant-flamethrowers/
The Peloponnesian War – by Donald Kagan (2004)
https://www.amazon.com/Peloponnesian-War-Donald-Kagan/dp/0142004375
The Peloponnesian War: Athens and Sparta in Savage Conflict 431-404 BC – by Donald Kagan (2005)
https://www.amazon.com/Peloponnesian-War-Conflict-431-404-2005-03-07/dp/B017PMMNO6
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