1. Conflicts of Ancient Greece  Persian Wars: Empire of Persia against the Greeks ○ Marathon ○ Thermopylae  Peloponnesian War Series of Wars within the Peloponnesian peninsula. Athens vs. Sparta

3. Our Plan  5 W’s Who (Who was fighting who?) Where? Why? When? What happened?

4. The Battle of Marathon

5.  Who? The Persian Army vs. Athenian Army King Darius I of Persia

6. The Battle of Marathon  Where? Marshy plains of Marathon outside of Athens

8. The Battle of Marathon  Why? The Persians wanted to invade & conquer Greece.  When? 490 B.C.

9. The Battle of Marathon  What happened?

10. Pheidippedes

11. The Battle of Marathon  Who won? Athens! (The Greeks)

12. The Battle of Thermopylae

13.  Who? Xerxes (Son of Darius) & The Persians King Leonidas & 300 Spartans  Where? A mountain pass called Thermopylae or the Hot Gates

15. King Leonidas in 300

16. The Battle of Thermopylae  When? 480 B.C.

17. The Battle of Thermopylae  Why? Xerxes was eager to defeat Greece after their loss at Marathon ten years earlier.  When? 480 B.C.

18. The Battle of Thermopylae  What happened? 10,000 Greeks led by Leonidas met the Persians at Thermopylae The Greeks led the Persians into the narrow pass. A Greek traitor showed the Persians an alternate route. Leonidas and 300 Spartans stayed to defend the pass. All of the Spartans and Leonidas were killed.

19. The Battle of Thermopylae  Who Won? The Persians… Xerxes burned Athens to the ground But… The Spartans had held on long enough to allow many others to get to safety.