Hoplite

of arrows. Cartwright explains, “Although the Persian tactic of rapidly firing vast numbers of arrows into the enemy must have been an awesome sight, the lightness of the arrows meant that they were largely ineffective against the bronze-armoured hoplites. Indeed, Spartan indifference is epitomised by Dieneces, who, when told that the Persian arrows would be so dense as to darken the sun, replied that in that case the Spartans would have the pleasure of fighting in the shade. The narrow pass…

The Achaemenid Empire extended all the way from Egypt to western Asia and from the Northern India to Central Asia. The empires formation began around 550 B.C. and that dominated most of eastern Anatolia and Iran, it was overthrown by a southern ruler, Cyrus II the king of Persia. This began an upset to a balance to the power in the Near East. In western Anatolia there were people called the Lydians that were under the reign of King Croesus used the advantage that the downfall of Media gave them…

It was a major victory for the Greeks, and some historians argue that it is one of the most important battles in the history of the world. At Thermopylae in the late summer of 480 the Spartan king Leonidas held out for three days with a mere 300 hoplites against thousands upon thousands of the best of the Great King's troops. It has also been the site of several battles in…

confronted the Persians at Thermopylae even though it was impossible to stop their invasion of Greece, because of their pride for their Polis. If they retreated at Thermopylae, it would bring shame upon Sparta, and its people. It is the same idea for the hoplites. They are told to stand their ground and push forward,…

Xerxes to tactically split his troops up in order to prevent the escape of the Greeks lessening Xerxes’ forces and aiding Greek advantages. Since the Persian fleet was bulkier and heavier (most likely due to the fact that over twenty heavily armed hoplites were on board), the seasmen had difficulty performing the…

In the 5th century B.C the Persian Wars raged the Mediterranean in attempt to conquer Greece. The Greek history was a series of battles fought between the Greece and Persia from 499 BC to 479 BC. The Persians were successful at invading but never conquered Greece. The Persian Empire was the largest and most powerful empire in the world and Greece had many cities states including the two main powerful states who were Athens and Sparta. This event all started when a few Greek city states who were…

Outline: How the war started/background Marathon Thermopylae Salamis Plataea After the war Legacies Persian/Greco-Persian Wars - 492-449 BC Between Greece and Persia Most intense fighting - 490-479 BC Persia 2 invasions against Greece Darius ruled Persia 522-486 BC Expanding rapidly, especially into Europe, Ionia, Thrace, Macedonia Wanted to take over Greece next (Athens) Ionia - rebelled against Persian satrap 500-494 BC known as Ionian Rebellion Satrap - provincial governor in ancient Persia…

The two important poleis in Ancient Greek were Athens and Sparta. The two were political opposites of each other - the former with a democratic government and the latter with oligarchy. In this paper, the similarities and differences of Athens and Sparta will be discussed along with who held public office, how they were selected, and how people participated in public life and decision making. 3 UNIT 1 ASSIGNMENT - ATHENS AND SPARTA Unit 1 Assignment - Athens and Sparta in Ancient Greek 1.…

early age of 7, Spartans dedicated all of their time to making this the best military to date (123). On the other hand, Persians had a naval state of mind, which allowed them to project their power farther than what would have been possible with the Hoplite militia…

There were numerous Sports that were involved in the Ancient Olympics, events such as Boxing, Chariot racing, the Pentathlon, Running and Wrestling (Ancient Olympic Events - Perseus Project) The previously mentioned Ancient writer Pindar also lists the sports that he saw took place at one of the Olympics he watched as well as the victors of each event: “In the foot-race down the straight course of the stadion was Likymnios' son Oionos first… in the wrestling was Tegea glorified by Echemos:…