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Ancient Wars
The Ancient period is generally accepted as being 600 BCE to 500 CE, before which was the Archaic period, and after which began the Medieval period. However as there is not an Archaic Wars category, it is acceptable to post pre-500 BCE military questions in this area.
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What does caras stand for in social studies?
C- Complex Institutions
A- Advanced Cities
R- Record Keeping
A- Advanced Technology
S- Specialized Workers
Were the Carthage also known as Phoenician?
The Carthaginians were descended from the Phoenicians and were known as such : the word "Punic" is the Latin term for them .
The fall of Troy happened because the opposing side pretended to accept their lost and they sent the Trojens the Trojen Horse as a gift for their victory, but inside it was the army. They came out and destroyed Troy.
What happened because the Trojans asked Paris to give Helen back?
The Trojans offered Helen back but the Greeks also, more importantly wanted back the treasure she had taken from Sparta when she ran off with Paris. The Trojans were happy to give Helen back but baulked at handing back the treasure, so the fight went on.
The Persians were defeated by the Athenian Admiral Themistocles at the sea battle of Salamis and the Spartan general Pausanius defeated the Persian army led by Mardonius at the battle of Plataea .
How did Greek mythology affect wars?
Certain settlements thought they were favored by the Gods, therefore more apt to win or they knew they were going to win. I don't know if that will help you, but it's he best I've got.
What big mistake did the Persians make at the battle of Marathon?
They split their force. Their plan was to pin down at Marathon the Athenian infantry with their more numerical infantry, while their cavalry was shipped around to capture Athens in the absence of its army. The Athenian army would then be trapped in the open between the captured city walls and the infantry at Marathon.
Their error was in imagining their infantry without its cavalry support could stand up to the Athenian infantry. The Athenian armoured infantry, when they realised their opportunity, rand down from the hills around Marathon and over-ran the weaker Persian infantry. The Persians aid the price for this mistake.
The Athenian infantry then realised that the Persian cavalry was being shipped down the coast to Athens, so they ran the 26 miles over the hills back to Athens and arrived just in time to turn back the Persian cavalry when it was being disembarked. The Persians gave up and went home.
Vercingetorix was a Gaulish Chieftain who led several tribes in opposition to Julius Caesar's Conquest of Gaul. He had some success, but in the end was defeated by Caesar, taken to Rome and led in chains through Rome before execution. He is still a big hero to the French, inspiring a dozen or so comics and art magazines and at least 5 TV series and feature films.
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Despite the French comics and magazines etc he was Celtic cheiftain and lived some 400 or so years before the germanic franks settled in Gaul to become the dominant culture for a thousand years.
Methuselah, a Hebrew at the age of 969. This is of course a legendary story without supporting historical evidence, so it would be prudent to put a decimal point in his age.
Who helped the Persian what did he tell them to do in the battle of Marothon?
The ex-tyrant of Athens Hippias who the Persians intended to re-install in Athens after they captured it.
Why was it called the Peloponnesian War?
Because it one side was based in the Peloponnesian Peninsula, home of the Dorian Greeks led by Sparta.- the other side was the empire established by Athens. The fighting was initially around the Peloponnese Peninsula, but it spread throughout the Greek world east to Asia Minor and west to Sicily as the war continued over its 27-year course.
What was the last major ground battle in the Peloponnesian War?
The Battle of Aigospotamai 404 BCE.
Although set to be a sea battle between the Spartan-alliance and the Athenian fleet, Spartan commander Lysander by a ruse caught the Athenian fleet drawn up on the shore whth its crews dispersed feeding themselves, landed his force and captured them on land.
Themistocles.
How did the roman army start and end?
The Roman army started with the foundation of Rome because of the need for defence. It ended with the end of Roman civilisation.
What place rose to power after the Peloponnesian war was finished?
Sparta became temporarily dominent, Persia regained influence in the area and Thebes ovetturned Spartan ascendancy.
The Peloponnesian War ended with the defeat of who?
Athens and its empire by Sparta and its allies, with financial support from Persia.
What city state was the main cause of the peloponnesian war?
The main cause of the Peloponnesian War was Athens' ambition and its success in promoting that ambition, which made the city-states in its empire resentful, and those not in its empire fearful of its dominant navy, which could strike anywhere.
There was a succession of cities involved in the lead up to hostilities - Kerkyra, Potidaia and finally Megara, the flashpoint. Athens decreed that Megara could not trade inside Athens' empire. This meant slow extinction for Megara which relied on trade. Its friends importuned Sparta to intercede: the Athenians were adamant, and war ensued.
What caused the Persian and greek conflict in asia minor?
There were a couple of hundred Greek city-states located in the area. Persia was attempting to maintain peace and prosperity within its borders, while the object of each of the cities was to maintain its own independence and welfare. The cities were restive under this regime.
The Persians appointed Greek tyrants to keep their cities under control. The tyrant of Miletus brought the tensions to a head in 499 BCE when, suspecting the Persians were going to get rid of him, he organised an uprising of Greek cities in Asia Minor to save his own hide. The Ionian revolt began, and the Persians put it down.
How long have shields been around?
they have been around sice 1300
ANS 2 Shields as a piece of armour have been around since at least 3,000 BC.
10 interseting facts about Hannibal Barca?
- Born 247 B.C.E
- General in the Carthage Army
- His father was killed by Spanish rebels in Spain
- Never lost in battle
- Defeated 50,000 roman soldiers in the battle of canine
- He was 26 years old when he led the Carthage army
- He spent 40 years running from Rome
- He commited suicide
- Trained to be a warrior since the age of 9
- Hated Rome
- As a recruiting tatic Hannibal would fight the best warrior of the people he was trying to convince to join his army.
