THE PERSIAN WARS

How’d This Mess Begin Greek were settling in Asia Minor Darius conquers Ionians appeal to Athenians and revolt Darius crushes AND remembers “Remember the Persians”

Marathon (490 BCE) Athens asks Sparta for aid…unable to come due to religious engagement (other poli follow this example) MISMATCH!!!! Persia – 100000 VS Athens – 20000 Persia – 20000 VS Athens - 9000 What does Athens have going from them???

Marathon Superior tactics and training = MAJOR UPSET Butcher’s Bill: Persians – 6400 VS Athenians - 192 Drove Darius away for good Origins of “Marathon”

Thermopylae (480 BCE) Xerxes (son of Darius) returns to exact revenge Small mountain pass held by 7000 Greeks Betrayal & 300 Spartans

Thermopylae (480 BCE) Herodotus says – 1.7 million to over 5 million Probably 200000 (Still insanely big for that time) 300 was Leonidas’ bodyguard, but they had 4000 to start Local farmer betrayed them by showing a mountain pass “Go tell at Sparta, thou that passeth by, that here obedient to her laws we lie.”

Any guess as to what happens after the movie 300 ends?? What Next?? Any guess as to what happens after the movie 300 ends??

Salamis (479 BCE) Trireme – Fast & Maneuverable MISMATCH!!! Persians – 1200 VS Greeks - 310 Superior tactics & ships = easy victory

Plataea (479 BCE) Final Battle….anyone guess why Greece wins??

Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE) Pg 133 - 135

Philip of Macedon (359-336 BCE)& Alexander The Great (336 – 323 BCE) Pg 139-141