Thermopylae. Once the greek army retriated it gave the persians the chance to conquer Boeotia and Attica which they did. The Athenian General Themistocles convinced the greek army to battle again with persia even if they were outnumbered. The king of persia Xerxes was eager to battle again. But Then he retreated to Asia and left Mardonius to continue conquest of Greece. A year later the persian army had only a few people and were defeated. After their defeat Persia quit trying to conquer
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“Themistocles should be remembered forever as the hero of the Persian Wars.” Discuss this statement. Themistocles should be remembered forever as the hero of the Persian Wars; although‚ there were other important individuals and factors which also contributed to the Grecian success during the time period of 490BC – 479BC. Themistocles began his successful heroism during the Battle at Marathon. His contribution (although rather small at this point in history) can be discussed as helpful. Themistocles
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father and antagonizing Rome displays Maximus’ sense of duty towards Rome‚ therefore without Commodus the viewer would not see this sense of duty from Maximus. Commodus is just as much key in showing sides of Maximus in the movie as Maximus is. In 300 Xerxes displays the same sense of duty that Leonidis has towards his people by trying to rule over them‚ without this Leonidis’s
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King Leonidas‚ leads 300 rugged Spartan men to the “Hot Gates” to combat Xerxes‚ a self proclaimed god‚ and his Persian army. Unlike Xerxes whom has what seems to be an unending army at his disposal‚ which contains but is not limited to war elephants‚ rhinos‚ and ninjas‚ Leonidas has but 300 men. It is apparently quite important to note that these 300 free Spartan men fight harder and with more passion than the slaves of Xerxes‚ seeing as these are the only words of witty dialect that the Spartans
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The Ancient Greek city-states of the 5th century BCE took on one of the most powerful and dangerous empires of the ancient world in a struggle to maintain independence from the Persians. The Persians represented the opposite in ideals of everything that is Greek and threatened the end of political sovereignty‚ higher thinking‚ and innovation. Overcoming the Persians was a critical accomplishment by the Greeks in the Greco-Persian wars of the 5th century and can be attributed to their superior strategizing
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the years leading up to‚ during‚ and shortly after the legendary Battle of Thermopylae through the eyes of a Spartan helot by the name of Xeones. It shows the fortitude and strength of character required by the Spartans to defy the Persian aggressor Xerxes‚ buying time for their country to prepare a proper defense with their lives. Steven Pressfield does more than just tell the story of what happened during the battle of Thermopylae (which in and of itself is a phenomenal story)‚ he uses it as a backdrop
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The Battle of Thermopylae is shrouded in fluctuating estimations and conflicting historic accounts. There is as much myth‚ legend and mystery surrounding the actual battle as we have historical records for it. Historians from ancient Greece were very biased and so we must find a middle ground between accounts to have an educated opinion of what really happened. The most speculation involves the actual numbers and count of each side; the Greek forces and the Persian forces. Greek accounts say the
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and the Persians in 480 B.C. In the movie‚ Persians threaten to enslave and change the ways of the Spartan people. The leader of Sparta is King Leonidas which has 300 Spartan soldiers behind him in the battle against the Persians which is lead by Xerxes who thought of himself as a god in the movie. The 300 Spartan soldiers had to defend a thin path called Thermopylae also called the hot gates which they slaughtered 10‚000 + men (Gills‚ 1). Spartans were expert fighters and fearless warriors.
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that was a hiccup‚ his son Xerxes I led the invasions against the greek mainland. The size of Xerxes` forces were ginormous and he believed that the Greek forces would surrender after learning the size of their forces. The Greeks seeked help from Sparta which resulted in their Spartan leader who would lead the Greeks to victory. The spartans exemplified major courage as their men directed by Leonidas and many other greeks held off Xerxes` army at Thermopylae. Xerxes was amazed that the spartans
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The Persian Empire of Mesopotamia was the largest and most powerful empire of the Ancient Near East civilizations. The Persian Empire had engaged in a series of wars‚ also known as the Persian Wars of Expansion‚ which was beneficial for the empire. After conquering and taking over many other civilizations‚ they gained more power and control. In addition to gaining more power‚ the Persian Empire had also gained more land‚ which can help the empire economically‚ politically‚ and socially. By warring
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