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Why did Greek warriors have an advantage over their Persian counterparts at Thermopylae?
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∙ 9y ago
Their infantry soldiers were armoured, whereas the Persians just had wicker shields.
Their supply line was short, whereas the Persians were supplied by ship from Asia Minor - when the Persian war fleet was crippled at Salamis, they had to send half their army home as they could not be fed during the oncoming winter.
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∙ 11y agoMuch of the credit goes to the Greek navy which won the majority of sea-land battles, which kept the Persians on the defensive and brought them to agree to a peace after 50 years of fighting.
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∙ 10y agoSuperior strategy, superior tactics, greater tenacity as they were fighting for their home cities' independence.
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What is the importance of Persian Wars and Thermopylae?
The Persian war ended Persian expansion to the west. Thermopylae was a minor tactical delaying action which failed.
Why did greek warrior Have advantage of the Persian empire counterpRts at Thermopylae?
They were armoured and they were holding a narrow pass 100 metres wide at its narrowest.
Who was delayed at Thermopylae?
The invading Persian army.
What were the Persian shields made of in the battle of Thermopylae?
Wicker.
The Battle of Thermopylae took place in what war?
The Battle of Thermopylae took place in the second of the two Persian Wars, also known more recently as the Greco-Persian Wars.
What Greek city state held back the invading Persian army at the battle of Thermopylae with only a few hundred men?
None. The Greek force at Thermopylae comprised about 8,000 from a dozen city states, including Sparta which provided 300 armoured warriors and 2,100 light infantry.
Who led the Persian invasion force at Thermopylae?
King Xerxes I.
What is the name of the war after Thermopylae?
Thermopylai was a battle in the Persian War.
Who won in the thermomopylaen war?
It was the Battle of Thermopylae in the Second Persian War. The Greeks won. Shortly after Thermopylae the Athenian Navy defeated the Persian Navy at Salamis, and in the next year the Persian Army was defeated by a combined Greek Army at Plataea.
The battles at marathon thermopylae and salamis were part of what war?
The answer is the Persian war.
Location where Persian army was helped by a Greek traitor?
Thermopylae , Greece
Who started the combat in the battle at thermopylae?
Five thousand Persian archers.
