Famous Battles
King Xerxes, upon seeing his great defeat at Salamis, headed back to Persia with what was left of his navy and part of his army. [Famous Battles] [Ancient Greece]...
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The Battle of Thermopylae was a significant battle in the Greco-Persian Wars, fought between an alliance of Greek city-states and the Persian Empire in August 480 BC. The battle took place at the narrow Thermopylae pass, which connected the northern and southern Greek mainland.
The Greek alliance, which was led by King Leonidas I of Sparta, numbere...
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King Xerxes` gathering of an army, and his march to conquer Greece. King Xerxes, son of Darius, ascended to the throne of Persia after his father's death in 486 BC. After securing the throne, Xerxes began to muster forces to invade Greece. By 480 BC, the army he assembled had approximately 100,000 to 180,000 men and a fleet of nearly 600 ships, qui...
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After the Dark Ages in ancient Greece, a new system of warfare evolved; weaponry, tactics, ideas and formations changed. Modified by Philip II and mainly by Alexander the Great after the Macedonians conquered Greece, this new age of warfare lasted until the rise of the Roman Empire, when new tactics and the legion formation became the general metho...
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The Battles of Plataea and Mycale were two of the most important battles in the Greco-Persian Wars. They took place in 479 BC, and they marked the end of the second Persian invasion of Greece.
Battle of Plataea
The Battle of Plataea was fought between a Greek alliance led by Sparta and Athens, and a Persian army led by Mardonius. The Greeks had won...
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As the economic resources of Greek city-states and individuals increased during the seventh century B.C., armies of foot soldiers were formed within the wealthier city-states. Known as hoplites, these soldiers were characteristically equipped with about seventy pounds of armor, most of which was made of bronze. The typical panoply included an eight...
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