What was the function of the Hephaistion?
He was the Commander of Companion Cavalry, General of the Agema, Chiliarch and Vizier during the reign of Alexander the Great. And he was also Alexander's boyhood friend and one true love.
Who was the leader of Macedonia who united the Greek city-states and brought peace to Greece?
Philip II and his son, Alexander the great.
How did the battle of Thermopylae save thousands of Athens escape death?
It cost thousands of Greek lives.
The pass at Thermopylai was held to force a naval battle in which the Greek cities hoped to destroy the Persian navy. The sea battle failed, and the force defending the pass, having no further task, withdrew.
The Spartan contingent of 2,400 and the Thespian contingent of 1,400 continued to hold the pass, allowing 5,000 soldiers from other cities of the coalition to escape back to their cities before the Persian cavalry could break through and ride them down in open country.
It was a noble sacrifice.
At first it was a settlement. Then it became a very large and powerful city-state that controlled much of Greece.
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 did the Persians want from Greeks?
There were hundreds of Greek cities within the Persian Empire, and their mother cities in peninsular Greece helped them rise against their Persian overlords. The Persians decided to take over peninsular Greece and absorb it within the empire to stop this disruption to peace.
What was the outcome of the battle of thermopylae 480bc?
The persion and some of the Greeks escape
while groups among the Greeks continuing fighting and all of them died
What did Athens experience under Pericles' guidance?
It established an empire. This led to an expansion of building, learning and prosperity. However to finance it , Athens had to tax the cities it dominated, and keep a war fleet to extort these taxes. This military power led to the city becoming over-ambitious, and Pericles' pushed the limits so far thet Athens became involved in the devastating Peloponnesian War, which it lost and so lost its empire. Pericles died of plague early in the war, so we don't know if he could have successfully guided them through the war which he had brought on.
What did Aristotle do to help form Greek theatre?
Aristotle did not form Greek Theater. His Poeticsdescribes common aspects of plays that already existed.
D. ease discontent cause by a maldistribution of land and an increase in poverty.
Why did Athens Sparta and other Greek city-states band up to defeat Persia?
The Persians were sick and tired of the disruption caused by continuous fighting between the Greek city-states, with this spilling over into the Persian Empire, disrupting its peace and prosperity. They decided to bring these cities within the empire where they could be kept under control. Some of the Greek cities agreed to this, but the southern Greek cities opposed it and banded together to resist the takeover.
After the Persians failed, the Persians left them to go back to their usual destructive fighting each other.
There were several Persian leaders called Darius - they were kings of Persia.
What are the basic characteristics of Greek classicism?
Greeks have a huge culture. They praise the bond of a family (that's also why in Greek movies houses are full of relatives!) They have very close relationships with both friends and family. Also a huge part of their culture is religion. Religion is 100% important to them. They are Greek orthodox, and Greek orthodox religions is not a brake apart religion like all others have broken apart from the catholic, but is a pure religion that has withstood the test of time. Oh, and their food is amazing! There are so many part of a Greek classical culture, that i don't have time to tell you all of them. Hope I helped!
Wars of the Sparta and Athens?
the only war between Athens & Sparta is the pelioponnesion war where Sparta fought Athens because they thought they were too powerful. in the end Athens surrendered and Sparta then became the most powerful.
Livy reported how Pella, the ancient Greek city of Macedon looked, in 167 BCE:
"…[Paulus] observed that it was not without good reason that it had been chosen as the royal residence. It is situated on the south-west slope of a hill and surrounded by a marsh too deep to be crossed on foot either in summer or winter. The citadel the "Phacus," which is close to the city, stands in the marsh itself, projecting like an island, and is built on a huge substructure which is strong enough to carry a wall and prevent any damage from the infiltration from the water of the lagoon. At a distance, it appears to be continuous with the city wall, but it is really separated by a channel which flows between the two walls and is connected with the city by a bridge. Thus it cuts off all means of access from an external foe, and if the king shut anyone up there, there could be no possibility of escape except by the bridge, which could be very easily guarded"...
In about 90 BCE the city was destroyed by an earthquake; shops and workshops dating from the catastrophe have been found with remains of their merchandise.
Today, On the site of the ancient city is the Archaeological Museum of Pella.
Myths have been around for ever they are just exiting storys to liven up winter nights that have been passed down through generations since the firsst languages
What country currently has Priam's Treasures?
Schliemann traded some treasure to the government of the Ottoman Empire in exchange for permission to dig at Troy again. It is located in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum. The rest was acquired in 1880 by the Imperial Museum of Berlin (it was on display for a time at the Pergamon Museum), in whose hands it remained until 1945, when it disappeared from a protective bunker beneath the Berlin Zoo. In fact, the treasure had been removed to the Soviet Union by the Red Army. During the Cold War, the government of the Soviet Union denied any knowledge of the fate of Priam’s Treasure. However, in September 1993 the treasure turned up at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow. The return of items taken from museums has been arranged in a treaty with Germany but, as of June 2004, is being blocked by museum directors in Russia. They are keeping the looted art, they say, as compensation for the destruction of Russian cities and looting of Russian museums by Nazi Germany in World War II. (Wikipedia)
How did the Persian rulers meet the costs of governing their empire?
First, by leaving indigenous local governments in place, which raised their own revenues by traditional means.
Secondly, by imposing a tax collected locally under the supervision of Persian provincial governors.
This tax was apparently very fair as, when the Greek city-states of the eastern Mediterranean were liberated from Persian rule, and had to raise money to pay for forces to guarantee their continuing freedom, it generally set the new taxes at the Persian rate.
Greece's long-time enemy to the north fought with Greece for twenty years?
The Persian War lasted 449 to 449 BCE.