Battle of Thermopylae

empire during the Persian wars. The Greece war between Persia, also known as the Greco - Persian wars lasted for around 50 years. It was a series of wars and conflicts that started in 499 BC and ended in 449 BC. Paragraph 1 The Greeks had many battle strategies that they used to beat the Persians and one of those, was the Phalanx. It was a formation were a Greek soldier used a big shield to protect themselves, and they used their spear to fight the Persians. The Greek soldiers had much…

Frank Miller’s 300 is both a graphic novel and a film adaptation by Zach Snyder. Both serve as a story telling of the famed battle of the pass at Thermopylae previously told by Herodotus. It tells of the Spartan King Leonidas bravely leading 300 Spartan warriors against the very large Persian army. Frank Miller details the story of the strong but grossly outnumbered Spartans, the story’s obvious underdog. The Persian army according to history was in the recent business of acquiring land by force…

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,…

research proposes to integrate the disciplines of History and Psychology to examine military Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The history of the shifting diagnoses and treatments of military veterans with PTSD can be applied to civilians as well. Different forms of PTSD have changed over time from the Civil War to the present war in Iraq. An in-depth analysis of various treatments shows that modern day treatments have evolved over time. The treatments are better equipped to cure military…

300 is an American made movie of the twenty first century. This historical film was released on march ninth of 2007th and has made furor among many. The director, Zack Snyder among with stars such as Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West, David Wenham, and many more, had made a tremendous piece of work delivering the viewers a full acting, modern way historical film. The movie 300 reflects the historical event of the Persian War in the Ancient Greece. Even though the fighting style as well as…

defeat, his successor Xerxes sent a big naval and military force to subdue Greece. After being famously delayed by Spartan troops under the leadership of king Leonidas at the Thermopylae, the Persian army succeeded in capturing and burning Athens, but the Greek fleet lead by Athenians defeated the Persian navy at the battle of Salamis. Greeks and Persian continued to have intermittent conflicts for more than a century, although never to a full scale war (Bentley & Ziegler, 2011). After the…

Sparta, The Superior Civilization Sparta and Athens where both great civilizations, but only one was the greatest of all ancient greece. Sparta was a civilization that innovated and capitalized on its strong values. Athens was a pale imitation to what Sparta had achieved. Sparta had the superior civilization compared to Athens because it had a strong military, far less patriarchal, and had a healthier society. Sparta had the strongest and most well trained army of ancient greece. Boys were…

taken away from their mothers at the age of seven and were taught the art of war, instead of mathematics, Philosophy, and other subjects. The Spartans are also known for defeating thousands of enemy soldiers with only 300 Spartan men at the battle of Thermopylae (even though they all died.) Those are the things I do know. There are a lot of facts I don’t about Sparta. I have three major questions. They are the following: what was the real training regiment for the boys of Sparta versus the myths…

Wives of Greek The Athenian historian, political philosopher and general Thucydides said ones, “The greatest glory [for women] is to be least talked about among men, whether in praise or blame”. Most of the sources that survived from the Ancient Greece are written for men for men. According to the historian and novelist Helena P. Schrader, this is because, " There are surviving evidence about work of art featuring women, but just a few of information about their accomplishments and contributes…

The Spartans are considered one of the most revered examples of a warrior culture in history. All Spartan born men were required by law to be warriors no matter the situation. Their military power instilled fear in their enemies and they managed to develop a culture which required unrelenting loyalty. In order to develop an elite military force in the ancient world, the Spartans developed a certain culture that started once the child was born. Surrounded by natural defenses, the geography of…