1. THE PERSIAN WARS

3. 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”

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

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

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

7. Thermopylae (480 BCE) Herodotus says – 1.7 million to over 5 million
Probably (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.”

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

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

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

11. Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE)Pg

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