famous. In the seventh and sixth centuries BC they transported the colonists from their mother cities to all parts of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. In 480 BC the Greeks won possibly their most significant battle against the much larger Persian fleet in the narrow waters of Salamis. Athens supremacy at sea was founded upon the crucial role that she played in the victory. The skilled use of the triremes enabled her to win‚ and maintain for some decades‚ supremacy over some of her former allies
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skills at Artemisium and Salamis‚ and his persuasive arguments all combined to offer the Greeks hope of victory. However‚ Themistocles‚ alone‚ could not determine the fate of the war. It would be a mistake to suggest that other people and events did not play important roles in the defeat against the Persians as well. To gain a complete understanding of why the Persians were defeated‚ one needs to look at the roles of the Spartans and Pausanias‚ the importance of the Battle of Plataea and the mistakes
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significant impact in the victory for the Greeks. Thucydides describes Themistocles as a man who showed an ‘unmistakable natural genius’. This natural genius was shown in the years preceding the Second Persian‚ after the defeat of the Persians at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC. Themistocles realized the consistent threat of the Persians and that they would return a large and more formidable force. Therefore he proposed that the newly discovered silver at the Athenian silver mine at Laurium be spent
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Persian Wars were a series of destructive and malevolent battles which occurred in the time frame of 490B.C and 480 – 479B.C. The Greek victory over the Persians in the Persian Wars cannot be attributed to only one factor‚ more it was a commixture of factors. Such factors include unity‚ leadership‚ strategy‚ tactics and the pre-eminence of the Greek soldier. Each contributing factor was to play a distinctive and pivotal role in the various battles to come‚ which ultimately would lead to the subsequent
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domestic level in Athens contributed to the state’s naval strength‚ and similarly‚ his political leadership in the conception of a united Greek defence was a significant achievement. As well as this‚ Themistocles’ strategy in key battle such as Thermopylae‚ Artemisium and Salamis were vital to to war effort. *** To be able to understand to what extent Themistocles was responsible for Greek victory in the Persian Wars it first needs to be discussed how he rose to the position of authority and developed
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Themistocles responsible for the Greek victory in the Persian wars in 480-479BC? Themistocles was a prominent figure within the Greek battles against the Persians during the periods of 480-479 BC. Themistocles had a major influence in the battles at Artemisium‚ Salamis‚ Plataea and Mycale which lead to the Greek victory in the war. Through his unique contributions to the battles‚ Themistocles had greatly impacted on these victories some majorly others to a small extent‚ achieved through his unique tactics
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Darius died in 486BC leaving his proclaimed heir a legacy which included his goal to take revenge on Athens’ interference during the Ionian Revolt‚ to avenge Persian pride that was lost in the Battle of Marathon & as a Persian king carry out his duties to further expand the empire into Greece. Along with the inheritance of Darius’ plan‚ Xerxes was urged to invade Greece by his cousin Mardonius who was ambitious to become the Greek satrap &
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for helping the Ionian cities. In 492 BC‚ the first Persian invasion had its fleet crippled by a storm before it could do any damage. King Darius sent another Persian expedition in 490 which destroyed Eretria and then faced the Athenians at the battle of Marathon. The Persian were defeated and forced to return home. Darius died before his preparations for a third invasion were completed‚ but they were continued by Xerxes I‚ his son and successor. In 480‚ Xerxes reached Greece with a tremendous
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Xerxes I‚ of Persia‚ was determined to conquer Greece during the Greco-Persian Wars; he had an army of over 100‚000 men. The invasion was an immediate call to the defeat of the first Persian war of Greece that lasted from 492 BC to 490 BC at the Battle of Marathon. This first invasion ended ruler Darius I’s endeavor to subjugate Greece. After his death‚ Xerxes‚ his son‚ planned the second war and gathered an enormous navy and army. Of his many preparations‚ he sent delegates to spread disoriented
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comes to the principal events‚ even though he is prone to exaggerate the size of the Persian armies brought against Greece. He is not‚ however‚ as useful when it comes to analysis‚ particularly his judgements about causes for events or tactics in battles. He openly declares his admiration for Athens and his accounts are largely written from the Athenian point of view. However‚ it must be remembered that he received his information at a time when Athens and Sparta were hostile to one another‚ after
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