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Why was thermopylae chosen by king loenitis to fight the Persian?
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The object was to destroy the Persian fleet. By blocking the pass it forced the Persian fleet to try to turn it by sea. The Greek fleet was waiting and engaged the Persian fleet. The Greek plan failed as they lost the sea battle.
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Who did the 300 spartan fight with in the battle of Persia?
The Spartans fought the Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae .
What is the battle where 300 Spartans fought a huge spartan army?
Why would the Spartans fight a Spartan army? At the pass of Thermopylae 300 Spartan heavy infantry and 2,100 Spartan light infantry were part of a Greek force of about 8,000 which fought a delaying action against a Persian army in 480 BCE.
What was the result of the battle of salamis?
The Greeks won the Battle of Salamis through genius strategy and used similar tactics to the ones used at Thermopylae. The Greeks sailed their fleet into a narrow channel between two parts of the island of salamis, completely taking away the advantage of the large, phoenician built, Persian ships and taking away the advantage of their numbers, just like at Thermopylae. The Greeks then used their smaller, more maneuverable ships to ram and sink the Persian vessels, dealing a crushing defeat to Xerxes army. This defeat caused Xerxes to lose his will to fight, and he returned to Persia with the bulk of his army only leaving behind 70,000 in a hopeless last effort to defeat the Greeks. This Persian army of 70,000 would later be crushed at the Battle of Plataea, the final battle of the Persian wars.
How did Greece delay the Persian invasion?
After failing in their punitive mission against Athens for its support of Greek city revolutions in Asia Minor within the Persian Empire, Persia decided to incorporate the Mainland Greek cities within its empire and appoint a Persian governor to keep them quiet. This invasion was delayed because of a revolt by Egypt which was part of the Persian Empire. Then King Darius died and the invasion was again delayed until successor king Xerxes got control. He then sent emissaries to bribe the Greek cities to submit, which many did, and he was then faced with the cities of southern Greece holding out. So after ten years of delays, the Persian invasion got going. Xerxes mounted a two-prong invasion - a land force and a naval force. The naval force protected his essential sea supply line and threatened the Greek cities, which therefore kept their land forces at home, allowing the Persian land forces to pick the cities off one at a time. The Greeks decided they must first destroy the Persian navy to remove this naval threat and allow their cities to send out their armies to concentrate against the Persian army and make a real fight of it. They blocked the pass at Thermopylae with a small army force to compel the Persians to turn the position with a naval attack; the Greek fleet was lying in waiting to pounce on the Persian navy. Unfortunately the Greeks lost the naval battle and retreated to try again (this time successfully) at Salamis in the south. The holding (not delaying) force at Thermopylae, its mission now finished, was withdrawn under cover of a stay-behind contingent from Sparta and Thespia.
Why do the Athenians flee instead of remaining to fight the Persians on land?
The Athenians lacked the resources in manpower to thwart the advance of the Persian Army .
Did Socrates fight in the Persian war?
He was below military age during the Persian War. He fought in the Peloponnesian War.
What battle did the Xerxes fight Leonitous and his 300?
The Battle of Thermopylae .
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.
Why was thermopylae a good place to fight the Persians?
it was because everything was set up
What are facts about the golden age of Greece?
Thermopylae- the slow down of the Persian army to allow Athens time to prepare to fight.
Who did the 300 spartan fight with in the battle of Persia?
The Spartans fought the Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae .
Did Xerxes fight in the battle of Thermopylae?
No , the Greek historian Herodotus (c. 484-425 BC) was not present at the battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC. .
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 civilization did Athens and Sparta fight during the Persian wars?
The Persian Empire .
Who fight in the Persian war?
The Persian Empire and a coalition of Greek city-states.
Who did the ancient Greeks fight in the Persian wars?
The Persians attacked the Greeks in the Persian war
What wars did leonidas fight in?
The Persian Wars
