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It had potentially 2 million people able to be called out across the empire, supplied by the many peoples who made up the Empire. It had a core of professional troops - infantry and cavalry who were the mobile troops able to go to trouble spots, with the majority locals with limited capability and mobility, used for local problems. The invasion force mounted of Xerxes amounted to two army corps, each of five infantry divisions and one cavalry division (2 x 60,000), not the overall 2 million cited by Herodotus who was describing the overall assets of the Empire. It was supplied by sea, which was the only practicable way of supporting such a large force in a pre-mechanical transport era. Its strength was in the cavalry, which had to protect the unarmoured infantry against the armoured Greek soldiers.
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How could the Persian war have ended if Sparta and Athens had not united to fight the Persian Army?
The Persians would have won if Sparta and Athens had not united to fight the Persian Army
What strong army did Alexander defeat?
Alexander the Great defeated the Persian empire
What date was the Persian army beaten by the Greeks at Thermopyale?
The small Greek force at Thermopylae was defeated by the Persian army in 480 BCE.
Where did the Persian army head after it defeated the Greek force?
After defeating the Greek navies at Artemesium, the Persian army moved to Athens and occupied it.
When did the Greek army crush the Persian army at Plataea?
479 BCE.
What adjectives best describe the Persian army?
Loyal and self disciplined
How could the Persian war have ended if Sparta and Athens had not united to fight the Persian Army?
The Persians would have won if Sparta and Athens had not united to fight the Persian Army
Who would win Persian or barbarian?
obviously army to army Persians would win by tactics but one to one a barbarian would win
What strong army did Alexander defeat?
Alexander the Great defeated the Persian empire
How would you describe ancient Rome's army?
great
What army did Alexander defeat?
The strong army that Alexander defeated was the Persian Army
Describe one battle in the Persian War in which the Athenians played a key role?
They played a key role by helping sparta with a better sea army in the war
What were the primary factors in the fall of the Persian Empire?
Being outmanoeuvred by Alexander the Great - who first slaughtered Greeks who were bolstering up the Persian army, then putting an end to the Persian fleet by occupying their bases in the Mediterranean, then capturing the Persian treasury which enabled him to pay his army, and inflicting a final land defeat of the Persian army.
Is there still a Persian army?
yes
What did darius you do to strengthen the Persian army?
Who is 'you do'.
Who were the armies in the Persian war?
The Persian army, and the armies of the Greek city-states.
Who were the armies in the Persian Wars?
The Persian army, and the armies of the Greek city-states.
