As wind rushes up along the water, the friction causes ripples. Wind continues to push against these ripples in a snowball effect that eventually creates a large wave. Essentially, this action is a transfer of energy from the sun to the wind to the waves. A few factors determine how strong an individual wave will be.
'Spartacus War': Story Of The Real-Life Gladiator. The legend of Spartacus has inspired so many fanciful retellings, it's easy to lose track of what actually happened back in 73 BC. In The Spartacus War, Barry Strauss gives a historical account of the charismatic rebel who inspired a slave revolt against Rome. Excerpt: 'The Spartacus War'.
The Decelean War. Alcibiades had fled to Sparta at the beginning of the Sicilian expedition after being accused in Athens of blasphemy. In 413 the Spartans, following his advice, occupied the Attic fort of Decelea and began to wage war in Attica continuously, not seasonally as before.