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After peace was made between the Persian Empire and the Delian League led by Athens, Athens converted the League into an empire of its own, continuing to tax the cities of the League and spending the proceeds on itself - beautifying the city, putting half its own population on the public payroll, and maintaining a war fleet to dominate the Greek world and to collect the annual taxes from the Greek cities.
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What was one result of the greek victory against the persians?
They were able to get back to their usual occupation of fighting each other.
What were the names of the three battles in Persia's second invasion of Greece and who won each?
The Battle of Thermopylae: The Persians won the Battle of Thermopylae against the Spartans, but it was a Pyrrhic Victory. The Battle of Salamis: This Naval Battle was critically won by the Athenians against the Persians. The Battle of Plataea: This Battle was won by the Alliance of Greek City States against the Persians.
What lesson could you learn from the Greek victory over the Persians?
Greece was strongest when city-states banded together.
Who lead the Greek navy against the Persians in 480bc?
The Spartan admiral Eurybiades.
Who is marathon in greek and roman mythology?
The battleground where the Athenians defeated the Persians. The messenger who was sent to deliver the message of victory, collapsed and died.
What was one result of the greek victory against the persians?
They were able to get back to their usual occupation of fighting each other.
What did victory over the Persians cost the Greek?
The Greeks stood their ground and fought for their freedom against the Persians. Their victory caused the Greeks many lives.
What were the names of the three battles in Persia's second invasion of Greece and who won each?
The Battle of Thermopylae: The Persians won the Battle of Thermopylae against the Spartans, but it was a Pyrrhic Victory. The Battle of Salamis: This Naval Battle was critically won by the Athenians against the Persians. The Battle of Plataea: This Battle was won by the Alliance of Greek City States against the Persians.
Why did the Greek historian Herodotus show bias against the Persians?
Because he was Greek.
What was the significance of the Greek victory over the Persians?
It removed the Persian attempt to incorporate the Greek city-states into the Persian Empire.
Where was the first Marathon?
In 490BC when Pheidippedes, a Greek messenger, ran from the Battle of Marathon, to Athens to proclaim the Greek victory over the Persians
Which battles in the Persians Wars did these factors contribute to a Greek victory?
The Greek won through superior sea (Salamis) and land (Plataea) tactics.
What lesson could you learn from the Greek victory over the Persians?
Greece was strongest when city-states banded together.
Who lead the Greek navy against the Persians in 480bc?
The Spartan admiral Eurybiades.
What resulted from the victory of Athenians over the Persians at Marathon?
The Persians decided to bring all the Greek cities under control to enforce peace. They invaded in strength ten years later.
Who is marathon in greek and roman mythology?
The battleground where the Athenians defeated the Persians. The messenger who was sent to deliver the message of victory, collapsed and died.
What was the cost of the battle of Marathon?
The Persians decided that the Athenian victory would encourage all the Greeks to rise against them, and determined to bring all the Greek cities under control, by agreement or conquest. Some agreed , some resisted and the Persians invaded mainland Greece, culminating in the battles of Salamis, Plataea and Mycale. The Greco-Persians lasted from 499 to 449 BCE.
