xinxin89 said:
don't worry too much about modern hisotirans, stick with the primary ones - herodotus, thucydides
tho some good modern ones are
- bradley
- bury and meiggs
the marking centre notes said not to use heaps and heaps of historians, only when ur making a strong point, otherwise it;d just look like name-dropping to the markers
nywho, good luck!
Xinxin - neither Herodotus nor Thucydides are primary sources. They are ancient, secondary sources.
Herodotus was only about 4 years old when Xerxes invaded so wasn't born when the Ionian Revolt and Marathon occurred. Thucydides was born even later than Herodotus so not primary.
Remember that Bradley is a textbook writer.
Bury and Meiggs is an excellent book.
From that list you would have plenty so long as you know what they actually said and there point of view about events.
For Salamis don't forget Aeschylus (sp) the Athenian playwright whose play 'The Persians' is based around the battle of Salamis at which it is possible, if not probable, that he himself fought.
