Battle of Salamis

Darius and Queen Atossa of the Persia Empire, the strongest and most feared empire in all the land at that point. Due to the Persian kings always being greatly involved in the wars, the king was to appoint an heir to succeed him in case he dies in battle. Questions immediately arose about who would be the next king of the Persia. Two candidates, Artobazanes and Xerxes, both being half brothers, attested that they were “legitimate heirs” of the Persian throne (Abbott, 29). The mother of…

His father was Darius the Great and his mother was Atosa, who was the daughter of Cyrus the Great. With close relatives who were held in high esteem to the citizens, Xerxes did not have to do much to prove himself as a worthy ruler. After the battle of marathon, Xerxes father died. Xerxes decided to try and conquer Greece because his father had failed to do so. In 481 BCE, Xerxes began his conquest of Greece. There were many omens and signs that meant the conquest would end badly,…

Greek Battles The Battle of Thermopylae, was a battle between the Greeks and the Persians. Thermopylae was a mountain pass which led to many Greek cities. It was a part of the second invasion of the Persian Empire. The Persians invaded Greek cities to control more land. The Persian Empire was led by Xerxes, he ordered the attack. The Greeks cities fought against the Persians, the most know was Sparta. Sparta only had 300 solders called Spartans. The Spartans fought as a single unit, they were…

Eleutheria: Freedom “Hanson daringly brings the facts to life and unearths the often surprising ways in which the past informs the present.” Western Civilization’s basic social norms and values traced back to Ancient Greece, were ultimately threatened by the overwhelming numbers and wrath of the Persian army. The Persians were distinctly divergent from the Ancient Greeks in the sense that their culture did not agree with the concepts of Western Civilization. An interesting fact talked about by…

rebels were punished severely; King Darius I desired to avenge the disrespect towards his Empire, thus began to spread his Empire across all of Greece (BHAG p. 139-141). A memorable moment in the history of the Persian army is The Battle of Thermopylae. Although this battle seemed to be in king Leonidas’ favor due to the narrow battlefield which prevented the full force of the Persian army from battling, Xerxes was not willing to sit back and watch his men get slaughtered. There was a secret…

various conflicts and rebellions from time to time. As trouble continued, it culminated in an all-out invasion of Greece in 492BCE. (McInerney, 1998) In 491BCE, all but Athens and Sparta had capitulated to the Persian Army. This led to the 490BCE battle of Marathon, in which the Persian Army was soundly defeated. (Brand) Ten years later, Persian Empire came knocking again. This time, the Persian…

story of the Alamo right, well there is a similar story; this story is much more important because the outcome may well have changed the fate of Europe, and possibly America. This is the story of Leonidas, one of the greatest kings of Sparta; and the battle of Thermopylae, where this noble king made a brave sacrifice. The brave King of Sparta, Leonidas, one of the greatest Greek Kings of all time, strong and wise as a leader and a fighter, sacrificed himself, along with his 300 elite Spartan…

Sparta, Thessalonica, Corinth and Thebes to name just but a few. Each city-state looked for a means of accumulating wealth and power in a bid to rise over the rest. Athens succeeded the most in this particularly after its dominance during the Battle of Salamis, where not only did it defeat the Persians but also…

By the fifth century the Greeks had come together culturally to become an economic leader in the Mediterranean. The Greeks remained in a battle of power with the Persian Empire. During their battles with the Persians is when the biggest achievements arose that permanently affect Western civilization. During the battles with the Persians, Themistocles told the Athenians to use the discovered silver to build a new Navy which ended up employing the thetes as rowers who were too poor to serve in…

In this essay it will talk about the Persian war which had been fought between the Greeks and Persians. It will have some name of where the battles were fought, who ruled for each faction and what had happen after some of the battles. The Persians had conquered many lands to make their huge empire which stretched from Asia Minor to the border of India. Some of the Persians subjects included the Greek city-states of Ionian which was in the Asia Minor. The Ionian city-states were largely self…