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What Persian king let attacks against the Greeks at the Thermopylae and Salamis bay?
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the king was Xerxes
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How long was the battle of Thermopylae?
The Battle of Thermopylae took place in late summer or early fall of 480 B.C.E. In response to the latest Persian invasion of the Greek homeland, a small group of Greek allies, led by a soon-to-be-famous contingent of Spartans, assembled at the choke-point of the pass of Thermopylae in the hope of defeating, or at least delaying, the Persian army approaching from the north.
What were some hazards and dangers during the times in ancient Athens Greece?
There was the danger of Spartan attacks, as well as Persian Attacks. Weather could also be hazardous at times.
What was the main goal of the Persians in all their attacks on Greece?
The Persian Empire contained hundreds of Greek city-states, many of which had revolted aginst Persian rule, encouraged by the mainland Greek city-states. Persia realise that this would continue unless the external Greek city-states were brought under control, so it decided to bring them all under control of Persian provincial governors and appoint local tyrants to keep them quiet.
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Pogroms.
Why were the battles of Thermopylae and Salamis important?
The battles of Thermopylae and Salamis were important during the Greco-Persian Wars because they marked significant turning points in the conflict. At Thermopylae, a small contingent of Greek soldiers led by King Leonidas held off the Persian army, buying time for the Greeks to prepare for the larger battle. At Salamis, the Greek navy, under the command of Themistocles, defeated the Persian navy, effectively halting their advance into Greece. These victories boosted Greek morale and weakened Persian forces, ultimately leading to Greek victory in the war.
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The Greeks, in opposing the Persian invasion, decided to first defeat the Persian fleet as it threatened their cities and they had to leave their armies defending them against amphibious attacks and therefore could not concentrate them for a land battle. This allowed the Persians the option of picking off the cities one at a time. In order to force a sea battle, they therefore blocked the land pass at the Thermopylae pass to force the Persians to try to turn it by sea. The Greek fleet was waiting to pounce in the narrow strait of Artemesium nearby Thermopylae. Unfortunately for the Greeks they lost the sea battle and had to withdraw for another (successful) sea battle at Salamis. The blocking force at Thermopylae of 7,000, its mission now over after the sea battle, was withdrawn. The Spartan and Thespian contingents remained behind to cover their withdrawal and were overwhelmed.
Why where there so few Greeks at the Battle of Thermopylae?
Firstly, the armies of the city-states were at home defending their cities against expected Persian amphibious attacks. Secondly, only a few were required. The Greek plan was to close the route of the Persian army at the pass, and so force the Persian navy to try to bypass it, and so engage the Greek navy in the strait nearby. If the Greek navy had won, it would have ended the amphibious threat to the cities, and their forces freed up to concentrate for a land battle against the Persian army. The closing the pass part of the plan began to succeed, but the Greeks lost the naval battle at Artemesion, so the Thermopylai battle was to no avail. The Greek navy did win at the later battle of Salamis, and with the amphibious threat gone, the city armies were able to concentrate at Plataia the following spring (479 BCE) and defeat the Persian army and its Greek allies.
Why and how was a navy important for the defense of Greece against the Persians in the Persian war?
The Persian navy threatened amphibious raids against the Greek cities of the Peloponnese, so these stakes kept their armise at home to protect their cities. This provided the opportunity for the Persian army to pick them off one by one. The Persian force was also dependent on merchant shipping for most of its resupply as Greece was to small and agriculturally poor to support the invaders. So the Greeks decided to destroy the Persian navy. As the Persians had an advantage in sip numbers and size, it was decided to engage them in restricted waters. The first attempt was at Histaia opposite the Thermopylae pass, which was held against the Persian army to force the Persians to try to outflank it by sea. This battle went against the Greeks, so they tried again in the straits at Salamis and won. The Persians, their sea supply lines exposed, had to send half of their army home. The following year, the Greek cities, no longer threatened by Persian amphibious attacks, joined their forces at Plataia and defeated the reduced Persian army and its Greek allies. At the same time the Greek fleet finished off the rest of the Persian fleet where it lurked at Mykale in Asia Minor. So the Greek navy was absolutely central to avoiding piecemeal defeat by the Persians.
Why did Leonidas decide to fight the pesians at Thermopylae?
because of where and how Thermopylae was built there was only one way for the Persians to come in, the front. Plus the Spartans attack method phalanx was very good on frontward attacks Thermopylae was the perfect place for the Spartans to fight even though they lost.
How could the small Greek city-states defeat the huge Persian Empire?
They banded together as a cohesive force, producing a combined navy which outmanoeuvred and defeated the Persian navy; and then without the threat of naval attacks on their cities, they were able so send out their armies to combine and defeat the Persian army. The Persian army was also weakened as, after losing the ability of their navy to protect their resupply fleet coming from Asia, they then had to send half their army home as they could not feed it, and this evened up the size of the opposing armies. And the Greek army had armoured warriors which outclassed the unarmoured soldiers of the Persian army. It all hung on the elimination of the Persian fleet at Salamis.
What happpened on each day in the battle of thermopylae?
Day 1 Initial Persian ground assault repelled. Skirmishing between fleets in the strait at Artemesion. Day 2 Further Persian ground attacks on the pass repelled. Major engagement between the fleets at Artemesion. Day 3 Greek fleet defeated at Artemesion and withdraws. Persian troops outflank the pass. Greek troops, mission completed, withdraw. Spartan contingent remains to cover their withdrawal and is anihilated.
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Which Persian leader invaded Greece with 200000 soldiers in 480 B.C.?
The second Persian invasion of Greece (480-479 BC) occurred during the Greco-Persian Wars, as King Xerxes I of Persia sought to conquer all of Greece. The invasion was a direct, if delayed, response to the defeat of the first Persian invasion of Greece (492-490 BC) at the Battle of Marathon which ended Darius I's attempts to subjugate Greece. After Darius's death, his son Xerxes spent several years planning for the second invasion, mustering an enormous army and navy. The Athenians andSpartans led the Greek resistance, with some 70 city-states joining the 'Allied' effort. However, most of the Greek cities remained neutral or submitted to Xerxes. The invasion began in spring 480 BC, when the Persian army crossed the Hellespontand marched through Thrace and Macedon to Thessaly. The Persian advance was blocked at the pass of Thermopylae by a small Allied force under King Leonidas I of Sparta; simultaneously, the Persian fleet was blocked by an Allied fleet at the straits of Artemisium. At the famous Battle of Thermopylae, the Allied army held back the Persian army for seven days, before they were outflanked by a mountain path and the Allied rearguard was trapped in the pass and annihilated. The Allied fleet had also withstood two days of Persian attacks at the Battle of Artemisium, but when news reached them of the disaster at Thermopylae, they withdrew to Salamis. After Thermopylae, all of Boeotia and Attica fell to the Persian army, who captured and burnt Athens. However, a larger Allied army fortified the narrow Isthmus of Corinth, protecting the Peloponnesus from Persian conquest. Both sides thus sought out a naval victory which might decisively alter the course of the war. The Athenian general Themistocles succeeded in luring the Persian navy into the narrow Straits of Salamis, where the huge number of Persian ships became disorganised, and were soundly beaten by the Allied fleet. The Allied victory at Salamis prevented a quick conclusion to the invasion, and fearing becoming trapped in Europe, Xerxes retreated to Asia leaving his general Mardonius to finish the conquest with the elite of the army. The following Spring, the Allies assembled the largest ever hoplite army, and marched north from the isthmus to confront Mardonius. At the ensuing Battle of Plataea, the Greek infantry again proved its superiority, inflicting a severe defeat on the Persians, killing Mardonius in the process. On the same day, across the Aegean Sea an Allied navy destroyed the remnants of the Persian navy at the Battle of Mycale. With this double defeat, the invasion was ended, and Persian power in the Aegean severely dented. The Greeks would now move over to the offensive, eventually expelling the Persians from Europe, the Aegean islands and Ionia before the war finally came to an end in 479 BC.
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How long was the battle of Thermopylae?
The Battle of Thermopylae took place in late summer or early fall of 480 B.C.E. In response to the latest Persian invasion of the Greek homeland, a small group of Greek allies, led by a soon-to-be-famous contingent of Spartans, assembled at the choke-point of the pass of Thermopylae in the hope of defeating, or at least delaying, the Persian army approaching from the north.
When did the Persian Empire defeat occur?
As a result of Alexander the Great's attacks 334-331 BCE.
