Hoplite

The citizen would assume his place in society; the hoplite would assume his place in a line of battle. There he would be obliged to remain for the length of his life, “his feet set firmly apart, biting on his lip, taking a stand against his foe (Holland, 2005)”, with only death to redeem him from his duty…

Which wasn’t one design dragged out over a long period of time, In-fact I would say its quite the opposite. When Rome was just a small insignificant city state( I know that sounds odd, but its true), at that time they fought in the greek fashion as hoplites in the phalanx formation. Witch didn't work well except when fighting on an open field…Italy isn't know for me being flat plains. Because of the faults of phalanx they developed the maniple system. The maniple system divided the infantry…

Solon was an Athenian statesman, lawmaker, and poet. He is remebered particulary for his efforts to legislate against political, economic, and moral decline in arachaic Athens. Cleisthenes was an ancient Athenian lawgiver credited with reforming the constitution of ancient Athens and setting in on a deocratic footing. For these accomplisments, historians refer to him as "the father of Athenian democracy." Herodotus was a Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus in the Persian Empire. He…

a former tyrant of Athens that was exiled by an uprising of the Athenian democracy with the help of Sparta. The Persians wanted to reinstate Hippias as tyrant of Athens much like with the Ionian city states. The Persian army outnumbered the Greek hoplite warriors two-to-one, causing the Athenians to ask out Greek-city states, including Sparta, for help. The Athenian army was commanded by ten generals. The eleventh general was called the polemarch –or commander-in-chief- who voted on what to do…

Amazons, is introduced to Theseus, the Duke of Athens. __________________________________________________________________________ The order was given decisively and received without dissent. “Attack!” The Amazon tribe charged toward the Athenian hoplites with a collective roar that vibrated through the air. Tall spears that ended in long, leaf-shaped iron blades and bronze shields met swords in a frenzied ambush. Soldiers swarmed the majestic terrain of Athens with its monuments proudly…

Ancient Greek democracy and French democracy have some similarities, as well as some differences. On the one hand, both democracies have an Assembly, a Constitution and courts of law, although these factors may vary slightly between the two democracies. On the other hand, citizenship is not granted to the same people, the types of democracies are different, and warfare is handled differently. There is a considerable resemblance between Ancient Greek democracy and French democracy. In 510 BCE,…

(McKay, A History of World Societies, p.122). The Persians were not happy about the Athenians helping the Greeks. In retaliation, the Persians attacked the Athenians in what would be known as the battle of Marathon. The Persians came arranged in the Hoplite Phalanx, a formation which allowed them to break through the opposing army with a wall of shields and swords, thinking they would certainly be victorious (Ancient Greece, Slide 74). However, the Athenians outsmarted them by using a small army…

During the 5th century BC, Persian King Darius I led his people in many attempts to conquer Greece. The Persians invaded Greece due to the support the Athenians provided the Ionians when they were trying to overthrow the Persians. During the Ionian revolt, the Persians were defeated in Sardis with the help of Athens, consequently King Darius, for obvious reasons, held a grudge against Greece and was determined to destroy Athens. These events led to the Battle of Marathon, one of the earliest…

The Persian Wars between the Greeks and the Persians of the Achaemenid Empire at the beginning of the fifth century BC. They are triggered by the revolt of the Asian Greek cities against the Persian domination, the intervention of Athens in their favor causing retaliation. The two military expeditions of the Achaemenid sovereigns Darius I and Xerxes I constitute the main military episodes of this conflict; they are concluded by the spectacular victory of the European Greek cities led by Athens…

Two civilizations that share many similarities and differences are the Romans and Greeks. The Greeks influenced many aspects of the Roman civilization. The Greeks first came to be around 1600 B.C.E. Rome was supposedly founded in 753 B.C.E. The ancient Greek civilization rose to power before Rome was established, and fell at the hands of Rome. Both were powerful in their time, and both left legacies that can still be found today. The Greeks were located in a mountainous peninsula, a…