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How do you think the Athenians felt about the Spartans reply in the battle of Marathon?
The Athenians fully understood serious religious obligations and were prepared to wait for the Spartans to arrive to help them. However the Athenian army spotted an opportunity when the Persian cavalry was being embarked and ran in for the kill against the now-unsupported weaker Persian infantry.Their religious obligation concleded, the Spartans took to the road and marched non-stop 60 miles to the scene but were too late. They went on to view the battlefield, congratulated the Athenians on their fine performance, and went home somewhat disappointed at having missed out on a good stoush. No malice here on either side. The Athenians helped the Spartans put down a rebellion in Messenia 30 years later.
Did Persia allied with Sparta?
No, the Spartans did not ally with Persia, but they allied with the Athenians or Greeks, or else there would not have been the famous 300.The Spartans allied with the Athenians during the Thermopylae battle, the Persian wars and the peloponnesian war. After 3 years of war following the stand of the 300 the Spartans and Athenians defeated Persia!Sparta never allied with Persia!
How did the Athenians decide which side to take in the Persian Wars?
The Athenians were related to the Ionian cities in Asia Minor, and intervened on their side when they revolted against Persian rule. As a retaliatory target of the Persians, they were most anxious to side with the rest of the southern Greek cities in opposing Persia's attempt to bring all the city-states under control to stop further rebellions.
In the battle of marathon how were the Spartans able to hold off such a large Persian army?
The Spartans, alongside other Greeks were able to hold the Persians by fighting in the narrow pass of Thermopylae with the sea on one side and cliffs on the other. They were a…
Who said for Sparta in the movie 300?
They fought the Persians and soldiers from provinces of the Persian Empire, including the Ten Thousand Immortals, but the film is a highly fictionalized version of the event.
What generated the distrust between Athens and Sparta?
The Athens sent a contingent to help the Sparta put down a serf uprising. The Athenians started to side with the serfs, and the Spartans sent them home. Relations soured.
Who were the Greeks that went to the Persian side during the battle of Thermopylae?
Thebans.
Who did the Mycenaean side with during the Persian war?
The Mycenean age was gone 700 years before the Persian War began.
Who was united during the Persian war?
The Greek city-states which did not side with Persia.
Who did mycenae side with during the Persian war?
The southern Greek confederation which opposed the Persian invasion. They porvided contingents at Thermopylai and Plataia.
In 300 the movie how many soldiers do the Spartans have to face?
A Spartan force of 300 heavy infantry and 2,100 light infantry, together with 7,00 troops from other Greek city-states was led by king Leonidas as part of a blocking force at the pass of Thermopylae in 480 BCE during the Persian invasion.
Who led in the Persian War?
On tthe Persian side, the Persian king. On the Greek side, first Sparta, then Athens.
