In the Battle of Thermopylae, Leonidas who was the king of the Greek city-state of Sparta, led 300 of his personal guards against the massive Persian army which was led by King Xerxes who perceived himself as a God-King who possessed divine kingship. Sparta was greatly outnumbered but they put on a great fight against Persia in order to protect their own people from having to be enslave by Xerxes. The film portrayed accurately the military, politically and role of women sides in Sparta but distorted
In 490BC the first of the Persian wars begins – The battle of Marathon, led by Miltiades, which showed the Greeks that they could win against the omnipotent Persians. The second of the Persian wars was the battle of Thermopylae, which although wasn’t a win it was a victorious last stand which benefited the Greeks for the battle to come. The battles that followed were Salamis, Plataea and Mycale, all that were triumphant for the Greeks, making the Persian wars end in 479BC. There were numerous techniques
The sun was high above Thermopylae, between the Kallídhromon massif and the Gulf of Maliakós, and our force of three hundred spartans was preparing for their slaughter, “...narrow pass on the east coast of central Greece between the Kallídhromon massif and the Gulf of Maliakós...” (Thermopylae). The group of 300 hoplites remained shockingly calm before the battle, exercising and grooming, “...the 300 Spartans were combing their hair and exercising...” (The Battle of Thermopylae: Spartans v. Persians
Spartan soldiers, Phocians soldiers and Locrians soldiers. They were led under the command of the Spartan King Leonidas. These groups of soldiers were able to stop the Persians from advancing past the narrow pass between the cliffs and the sea at Thermopylae. At this point they were able to keep the Persians from entering on to the mainland. Although these soldiers fought hard and were able to stop the Persians at first, the Persians found another route. The Persians found a secret route through the
The battle of Thermopylae, the Spartans had 300 men and another 6000 troops from a collections of Greek cities, compared to the estimated 100,000 Persian forces. The Greeks choose to defend a narrow passageway, between the mountains of central Greece and the seam called Thermopylae. When the Persians turned up at the pathway, multiple days went by without any fighting starting. Xerxes ordered a scout to see what the Greek position was. When the scout came back from his trip, Xerxes was amazed on
Between 431 and 404 BC, Sparta was the principal enemy of Athens during the Peloponnesian War, from which it emerged victorious, though at great cost of lives lost. Sparta's defeat by Thebes in the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC ended Sparta's prominent role in Greece. However, it maintained its political independence until the Roman conquest of Greece in 146 BC. It then underwent a long period of decline, especially in the Middle Ages, when many Spartans
The Lewis and Clarke Marathon will true showcase of historic Atlanta, beautiful Decatur and all of the neighborhoods in between. The staging area for the start and finish is in Centennial Olympic Park in the heart of downtown Atlanta. The start corrals are on Marietta Street, adjacent to Centennial Olympic Park. Participants run downtown through Georgia State University, by the Atlanta Civic Center, over the Jackson Street Bridge with a spectacular skyline view and into the Martin Luther King Jr
Prior to the Battle of Marathon the Persian army had not been defeated. The Battle of Marathon was the first battle in the Greco-Persian wars. The invasion of Athens was fuelled by anger that the Athenians had helped the Ionians sack the city of Sardis during the Ionian Revolt. The Ionian Revolt lasted 6 years and was during 499BCE to 493BCE. The Achaemenid Empire (the first Persian Empire, founded by Cyrus the Great) overtook Ionia (modern day Anatolia in present day Turkey) and began to make changes
the victory, it afforded the Greeks ten more years to prepare for the Persian invasion. The psychological victory that Persia could be defeated was the biggest contributor to the superiority of the Greeks and ultimate dispatch of the Persians. The Battle of Marathon made possible both the freedom of the Hellenes and the prominence and Golden Age of Athens. Build Up Since the time Darius took the throne of Persia, he needed to build the empire his predecessors passed to him. Gaining and containing
Herodotus: The Introduction to Keeping the Past Alive Herodotus, the writer of Greek history, otherwise known as “The Father of History” directly apprises about the Athenian and Persian expedition during the Persian Wars. Although Herodotus provides useful information, we find that he is frequently too credulous of what he is told, thus damaging his credibility for being considered a “good” historian. Nonetheless, there are times in which Herodotus distinguishes between the things he himself witnessed