title: The Battle of Athens
author:  C. Stephen Byrum 
description: True story. A brief, but violent, struggle for truth and freedon on the streets of Athens, Tennessee.
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  The Fifteen Decisive Battles of The World
  
  
  [PREFACE.](The%20Fifteen%20Decisive%20Battles%20of_split_001.html#filepos5214)
  
  [CHAPTER I. THE BATTLE OF
  MARATHON.](The%20Fifteen%20Decisive%20Battles%20of_split_001.html#filepos14093)
  
  [CHAPTER II. DEFEAT OF THE ATHENIANS AT SYRACUSE,
  
  
  B.C.413.
  
  [CHAPTER III. THE BATTLE OF ARBELA, B.C.
  331.](The%20Fifteen%20Decisive%20Battles%20of_split_002.html#filepos157741)
  
  [CHAPTER IV. THE BATTLE OF THE METAURUS, B.C.
  207.](The%20Fifteen%20Decisive%20Battles%20of_split_002.html#filepos228319)
  
  
  [CHAPTER V. VICTORY OF ARMINIUS OVER THE ROMAN
  
  
  LEGIONS UNDER VARUS, A.D. 9.
  
  [CHAPTER VI. THE BATTLE OF CHALONS, A.D.
  451.](The%20Fifteen%20Decisive%20Battles%20of_split_003.html#filepos382971)
  
  [CHAPTER VII. THE BATTLE OF TOURS, A.D.
  732,](The%20Fifteen%20Decisive%20Battles%20of_split_004.html#filepos424819)
  
  [CHAPTER VIII. THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS,
  1066.](The%20Fifteen%20Decisive%20Battles%20of_split_004