Battle of Thermopylae

The Rising and Falling of the Greece Nowadays, people believed that Greek shaped the original culture of the Western civilization. It is also a junction for the Eastern and Western civilization. There are three significant periods of the Greeks: the Hellenic periods (2000-338 B.C.E), the Hellenistic period (336-323 B.C.E), and the period of the conquest by Roman (200-146 B.C.E).[ Page 54] During the periods, the people of Greece had the remarkable contribution on many careers, such as Science,…

The Persian wars were battles between Greece and the Persian empire, this war started in 490 BCE and ended in 479 BCE. Greece is a country in the south eastern area of Europe and wasn’t united as a country but split into many different city-states. Athens and Sparta(who were great enemies) eventually combined forces to fight against Persia. At the time, the Persian empire was the biggest empire that conquered from southern Egypt to Eastern India. It was founded in 550 BCE by Cyrus the great.…

Thucydides who is reportedly born around 460 BCE and suspected to have died somewhere between 411 and 400 BCE. Thucydides is a known was an Athenian and a General in the Athenian military when the Peloponnesian War began in 431 BCE. Thucydides led men into battle during the Peloponnesian War and in 430 BCE would contract the same plague that would ravaged the Athens during the war. Eventually, Thucydides would recover and was exiled by the Athen democracy for his failure to defend the city of…

People heard about it everywhere and it helped them realize that the Persians were vulnerable and could lose (Staff). The battle marked the start of the beginning of the downfall of Persia according to some historians (Staff). This was a major achievement, no one thought the Persians could be stopped. They stopped Persian expansion and made them depressed (Staff). The battle has now inspired people for thousands of…

other in the war between the two, which broke out in 431 B.C. Athenians planned to remain behind the walls of Athens for protection while their overseas and navy empire kept them protected. Sparta and its allies wanted the advantage of having pitched battles against Athens to beat the Athenians. However,…

lee gage. The people who controlled the weather gage were upwind of the enemy and controlled when the fight would begin, the lee gage was downwind and they could easily escape, while the weather gage could not retreat into the wind. This form of battle meant that usually fighting would end and each side would fall back with what they had left. Navies did not give chase and follow the opposing navy to destroy them entirely. Leadership at this time was ultimately controlled by a political…

Ultimately, the phalanx was key in Sparta’s success as a small military force as it allowed them to fight bigger armies in close quarters. No matter how skilled the army was if they did not have effective military tactics they would be unable to win especially if they went against an army with many missile troops as the phalanx is what protected the men from the arrows. However, maintaining the phalanx formation took a large amount of discipline as each man was key in its success as they had to…

around a mountain pass to get closer to Athens. Sparta sacrificed all their soldiers to defend the pass. Themistocles created a plan to defend Athens. The navy was set up near Salamis to ambush Xerxes. It works. In 479 B.C., Persia lost again at the Battle of the Plateau. The Delian League was eventually formed and it worked to prevent future attacks from Persia. After the Persia War, the Greek city-states felt more confident. Athens became the Delian League leader and used its power to control…

major battle happened at the Second Persian Invasion from 480 to 429Bc. It was the battle of Salamis under King Xerses. There were several authors reported this battle with different view. Therefore, this essay will establish that, whereas Herodotus portrays the battle of Salamis as though it occurred directly after the capture of Athens, Aeschylus who fought at the battle of Salamis potrays it from the Persian viewpoint and provides different information compared to Herodotus. The battle of…

into their territory and they should combat the Persian alone while others thought they should form an alliance(Herodotus, p.142). Ultimately, the Scythians were left alone to encounter Persian army Therefore, they decided to not stand in an open battle rather let the Persians chase them. The Scythians formed three bands and made plans that if the Persians find them they should retreat to the river or if they get tired of finding them, the Scythians should join together and punish them. As the…