Ancient Wars

The Peloponnesian League was created by Sparta and its allies to dominate trade and government in the Greek city-states.

In 499 BC several Greek cities in Asia Minor rebelled against Persian rule. To help their fellow Greeks, a few city-states in mainland Greece sent soldiers to join the fight against the Persians.

The Persians put down the revolt, but Darius was still angry with the Greeks. Although the cities that had rebelled were in Asia, Darius was enraged that other Greeks had given them aid. He swore to get revenge on the Greeks.

There was never a first war know to mankind although there have been millions of wars like the civil war even the great tea party it may sound weird but the great tea party was when about 8 people dressed up as Indian and got on a boat and dummped out tons of tea boxes.

Phalanx. It was a series of ranks of armoured infantry forming a shield wall with protruding spears. The number of ranks and length of the spears changed as the formation evolved. The end-of-evolution Macedonian one was 16 ranks deep with 18 foot pikes. The first three ranks had their pikes protruding, while the rear ranks rested theirs on the shoulders of the rank in front, where they intercepted incomig missiles. The rear ranks' contribution was mainly pushing the ranks in front, supporting the tussle with the opposing force.

Rome eliminated a rival for power in the Western Mediterranean, and annexed north Africa, Spain, Sardinia, Corsica and Sicily.

Also, after the second war, it turned east to punish Macedonia for supporting Carthage. This led to its expansion into the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East.

Alexander the Great had an extensive empire, it stretched from Greece to the Middle East to Asia Minor. The extent of his actions and innovations was vast as well. Alexander the Great blended the cultures of all the different countries he conquered and created Hellenism which lasted until approximately 146 BCE, over a hundred years after Alexander's death.

404 BCE after Spartan admiral Lysander captured the entire Athenian fleet at Aigospotamai in the Dardanelles. He then sent all Athenians in the Aegean home to ensure the city starved out all the sooner.

Thermopylai was just a holding action to force a sea battle where the Greeks tried to destroy the Persian fleet, which was the key to defeating the invasion. The sea battle failed, so there was no reason to continue to hold the pass. The Spartan contingent continued to hold the pass to let the other Greek contingents escape to friendly city walls to prevent the Persian cavalry broking through and catching them in open country.

Athens won the first Peloponnesian War but Sparta won the second war

I know of more than four: Seleucid (Turkey, Iraq, Iran), Ptolemeic (Egypt & Palestine), Antiginoid (Greece), Bactria (Afghanistan), Maurya (India/Pakistan), Parthians also appeared in northern Turkey/Georgia but they apparently moved in and established their kingdom. Addition: The Hellenistic Kingdoms (a modern terminology) were originally split up between Cassander (Macedonia), Egypt (Ptolemy), Asia Minor (Lysimachos) and the east (Seleucis). A geographical perspective is given in the map in: http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=hellenistic+kingdoms&meta= However these early divisions changed shape and size as Alexander's self-acclaimed heirs (diadochi) fought amongst each other, and particularly in the east, where the territories beyond Mesopotamia quickly returned to native rule.

At Thermopylai (Hot Springs), a pass on the east coast of Greece opposite the strait between the maniland and the island of Euboia, just south of the Malian Gulf.

The Battle of Thermopylae, 480 BC , was fought at Thermopylai , Greece . ~ See related link below .

cincinnatus was important because he was a famouse dictator who gained power in 458 bc. and faught off one of romes city!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was in the middle of the Fertile Crescent - Mesopotamia-Syria, which was the subject of many invasions by expanding empires. - Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Macedonians, Romans etc etc.

No one knows when the first-ever war occurred, but it was probably caused by competition for food or living space.

If you want to try and find out what the earliest significant conflict between nations/ tribes was, then your best bet is to look into Mesopotamian history, This is the region around the ural river (where modern day Iraq/ Jordan is), and its commonly percieved to be where the first developed civilisations came from.

the king who led the the attack on rome and ordered the treasury to be looted and burned was

Crowded. They moved from their farms into the cities.

Athens sent its families to board in other cities, abandoned their city and took to the sea to fight.

The anti-Persian league which we call today the Delian League because its war chest was held on the island of Delos.

The initial Persian expansion was against the cities of Mesopotamia.

Three a year apart - Salamis 480 BCE, Plataia and Mykale 479 BCE.

This war between Messenia and Sparta was 743-724 BCE.

It was an extension of the wars between the Achaeans who were the existing inhabitants and the incoming Dorians who were extending their grip on the Peloponnesian peninsula.

Dorian Sparta won and gained control of the territory of the southern Peloponnese. The Messenians either left the area or became serfs of the Spartans. This serf (helot) population allowed the Spartans to concentrate on military activity, supported by the labour of the helots.

Hasdurbal was the name of one of his brothers.

Greece was strongest when city-states banded together.

Belisarius was a Byzantine general working under King Justinian. Justinian wanted to reunite the Roman Empire and bring back Rome's glory. To accomplish this, he had to conquer Western Europe and northern Africa, He ordered a general name Belisarius to strengthen and lead the Byzantine army.

When Belisarius took command, he reorganized the Byzantine army. Instead of foot soldiers, the Byzantine army utilized cavalry; soldiers mounted on horses. Byzantine cavalry wore armor and carried bows and lances, which were long spears.

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For supremacy of the western Mediterranean, yet it should be noted Rome egged Carthage on and started the 3 punic wars