Battle of Thermopylae

“Others” The film 300 had a main focus of the Spartans and their elite soldiers. Anyone that was not a member of this elite society was depicted as “others.” “The Greeks created a new set of ideas about what it was to be a member of a human community” (Herodotus, Histories). The film came out at a sensitive time for today’s Persians and was received in a very negative way by them. It was in a time of war and many saw it as an attack and a ploy to unite Americans against the Persians. There were…

Ancient Greece was divided into two nations. These two nations are Athens and Sparta. Sparta is better than Athens in many ways. Sparta was more fair and just, as well as being strong and smart. Sparta is far superior to Athens because their army was protective and also girls received education and women had more freedom compared to Athens. The Spartans trained their whole life to become military soldiers and fight.…

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…

historic battles over the years. Many of these battles have resulted in Golden Ages in the land of the victor. One of these battles was the Battle of Salamis. In the previous battles – Marathon and Thermopylae – Greece had been fighting to keep the Persians out of their land. They were highly outnumbered and should not have even made it past the first battle. However their luck held and thanks to Greek strategy, they were able to turn the tables on the mighty Persian empire. The Battle of…

The eleventh general was called the polemarch –or commander-in-chief- who voted on what to do with the army if the other ten couldn’t come to an agreement. Despite being heavily outnumbered the Greeks military strategy helped them win the decisive battle at…

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…

hometown of persia.When the greeks did that the parsians were furious.So they planned an attack on greece. The first battle that the persians had on greece was a battle called marathon.The first emperor planned this attack and they went there by sea.When they got there they were surprised by how the greeks were sitting there and ready to fight the persians.The greeks then won the battle and knew that the main army of persia was going to athens.The greeks marched there as fast as they could…

though the Persians were able to defeat the Greeks at Thermopylae, “the Greeks dramatic victory at Salamis forced the Persians to withdraw.” The Persians were eventually defeated by the Greeks due to their disadvantage when it came to armor. While the Greeks were protected from head to toe and used to the hills and mountains where they battled, Persians were more accustomed to a light amount of armor that allowed them more mobility during battles in the dry plains of Asia. Also the Greeks…

Throughout history there have been many great leaders that did great things for there people. Not many of these great leaders are well represented in today’s society. There are few people who do not know at least a little about Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great, but up until a few years ago almost no one knew who King Leonidas of Sparta was and still few people know who Cato the Elder is. Is it fair that these great men, men just as worthy of praise as Caesar and Alexander, are shunned and…

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…