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A Very Short History of Greek Warfare

A Very Short History of Greek Warfare . Round 1: Greeks vs. Persians. 500 BC – Persians ran most of the known World Culture Clash!?!? Cyrus the Great (540 BC) took advantage of disunited Greece Ionia (present day Turkey) was under Persian Rule

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A Very Short History of Greek Warfare

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  1. A Very Short History of Greek Warfare

  2. Round 1: Greeks vs. Persians • 500 BC – Persians ran most of the known World • Culture Clash!?!? • Cyrus the Great (540 BC) took advantage of disunited Greece • Ionia (present day Turkey) was under Persian Rule • Athenians couldn’t accept this and encouraged to rebel!!!! • Darius the Great invaded Greece in 490 BC • Athenians defeated him at the Battle ofMarathon • Spartans were skipped out for a religious festival

  3. Round 2: Greeks vs. Persians • Athens and the rest of Greece got off easy • Darius’s son, Xerxes was not as polite • 250,000 men from the Persian empire • 10,000 “immortals” • Floating bridge across the Hellespont • First one destroyed; engineers beheaded • Next, two bridges consisting of 300 bound ships • Hellespont: 1 mile long • Rope: 1 foot wide

  4. Round 2: Continued • Greeks became fearful • Athens send envoys to Sparta and beg for an alliance • Battle of Thermopylae • Leonidas recruited 300 men to bodyguard Greek soldiers • The Spartans held off a quarter million Persians for three days • Themistocles • persuaded the Athenians to let the Spartans lead the military • privately persuaded the Spartans to let him run the navy. • Persuaded Athens to evacuate the city • Battle of Salamis • Persian navy was completely destroyed • Battle of Plataea • Greek army united with 10,000 Spartans

  5. Round 3: Greeks vs. Greeks • Persian Wars ended in 479 BC • Delian League was formed • An “alliance” against Persia • It eventually turned into an Athenian Empire • Strong navy; covered the Aegean Sea • Athens collected “tribute payments” from their “allies” • Peloponnesian League was formed • Sparta had to start their own “club” • They had no navy • Claimed total superiority on the ground • Athens built huge stone walls around their city In a nutshell: One side owned the sea, the other the land

  6. Round 3: Continued • Problems started in 433 BC • Corinth (ally of Sparta) got into an argument with Corcyra (a Corinthian colony) • Corcyra went to Athens for help • Corinth went to Sparta for help To be Continued….

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