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The battle of Thermopylae was a delaying land action to force the Persians into a sea battle to try to destroy the Persian fleet which threatened the Greek cities whih kept their main armies at home to protect their cities against amphibious attacks. This plan failed as the Persians won the sea battle of Artemesion in the strait next to Thermopylae, and the Thermopylae force was withdrawn as it was no longer required. So Thermopylae turned out to be unimportant other than Propaganda for the Spartans on the sacrifice they made to allow the other Greek contingents to escape when the delaying position was abandoned.
The southern Greeks tried again at the sea battle of Salamis, this time defeating the Persian navy, with the result that the Persian fleet no longer threatened the Greek cities and they were able the following spring to send out their armies to combine against the Persian army and its Greek allies and defeat it at the battle of Plataia.
This land defeat was helped by the Persian army being depleted because it's defeated navy was withdrawn to Asia Minor and could no longer protect the Persian resupply fleet, and half the Persian army had to be sent back to Asia as it could not be fed during the winter in Greece.
So Thermopylae is just a good story. Salamis sealed the outcome of the war.
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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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How did the local terrain help the Greeks at both Thermopylae and Salmis?
At Thermopylai there was a pass to defend, at Salamis there was a narrow strait. Both negated the superiority of the Persian forces.
Was there any other spartan vs Persian battles other than the battle of thermopylae?
Thermopylai was not a Spartan-Persian battle. It was part of the Persian invasion of peninsular Greece lasting two years involving many Greek cities. The Spartan force at Thermopylai was 300 warriors out of a Greek force of about 8,000. The two-year invasion included several sea and land battles in which Sparta provided some of the Greek naval forces and land forces totalling a couple of hundred thousand. Those battles were Artemesion, Salamis, Plataia and Mykale.
Why couldn't the Greeks strike a fatal blow against the Persians?
They did at the battles of Salamis, Plataea and Mykale, which saw the Persian invasion force withdrawn.
How were the Greeks used geography to their advantage in fighting the Persians at Thermopylae and Salamis.?
Holding the pass at Thermopylae was a ploy to force a sea battle in the adjacent strait of Artemesion in an attempt to destroy the Persian sea threat to the Greek city-states. It failed, and the ir next try was at Salamis succeeded. With their sea advantage gone, the Persians could not supply their army by sea and had to send half of it home. And the Greek city-states were able to stop keeping their armies at home to defend the cities, and sent them out to unite and defeat the Persian army at Plataea.
Is Salamis a substitute name for Salamis?
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The battles at marathon thermopylae and salamis were part of what war?
The answer is the Persian war.
What happened during the battles between Persia and the Greeks at Marathon Salamis and Thermopylae?
At Marathon and Salamis, the Greek cities defeated the Persian forces. At Thermopylai the Persian forces defeated the Greek cities.
What were all of the battles of the greco- Persian war?
1st- Battle of Marathon 2nd- Battle of Thermopylae 3rd- Battle of Salamis 4th- Battle of Plataea
What happened first the battle fof salamis or the battle of Thermopylae?
Thermopylai.
What was the storage that the Greeks used to win the war to Marathon Thermopylae Salamis?
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What do the battle of Marathon battle of salamis and the battle of Thermopylae have in common?
The Battle of Marathon, the Battle of Salamis, and the Battle of Thermopylae were fought between Greek city-states and invading Persian Empire forces in the early Fifth Century BCE.
What do the battle of marathon the battle of salamis and battle of thermopylae have in common?
The Battle of Marathon, the Battle of Salamis, and the Battle of Thermopylae were fought between Greek city-states and invading Persian Empire forces in the early Fifth Century BCE.
How many decade were there between the battles of Salamis and marathon?
There is only one decade between the battles of Salamis and Marathon.- Sonia
How might Persian wars have ended if the Spartans had not slowed the Persians at Thermopylae?
The slowing of the Persia advance was to force a sea battle in the nearby strait at Artemesia in an attempt to destroy the Persian fleet. As this sea battle failed, the three day delay at Thermopylae had no overall significance. The invasion was turned back at the subsequent battles of Salamis, Plataia and Mycale.
What is the site of the Persian war?
Greece. There were two Persian Wars. The First Persian War in 490 BC had only one major battle (Marathon). The Second Persian War in 480-479 BC had three major battles (Thermopylae, Salamis, Plataea). Salamis was a sea battle. The sites can be found on a map of ancient Greece, and possibly even on a map of modern Greece.
What Persian king let attacks against the Greeks at the Thermopylae and Salamis bay?
the king was Xerxes
Salamis marathon and theramoplae what this battles have in comin?
the salamis and theramoplae have in common is they both have fought in ships
