Battle Of Thermopylae Research Paper
Tareik Horne
Bossier Parish Community College
History 101 Western Civilization
5:00-7:50 P.M.
Dr. Roshunda Belton
9/21/14
Battle of Thermopylae
The Battle of Thermopylae started out in the late summer of 480 B.C, the Spartan King Leonidas 1 held out for three days with a mere 300 hoplites against thousands upon thousands of the best Great King’s troops. Under thirty-five Persian generals, were assembled for the invasion of Greece, five whom where sons of the royal house. On the arrival of Xerxes at Thermopylae, he saw the that place was defended by a large of number of Spartans, and about seven thousand hoplites from other states, commanded by the Spartan King Leonidas.
That night Xerxes sent a spy ahead, he learned that a …show more content…
An Athenian hoplite carried a heavy 9 foot spear, wore a solid breastplate and carried an almost body-length shield. The Persian infantryman, contrast, wore little more than robes and carried a shorter sword and a wicker or cane shield. Therefore, close-quarter combat favored the Athenians. The Persian disadvantage was exacerbated by the Greek use of the Phalanx formation, an eight hoplite by eight-hoplite square.
The two armies fought together on the plain of Marathon for a length of time; and in the mid-battle the barbarians were victorious, and broke and pursed the Greeks into the inner county; but on the two wings the Athenians and the Plateaens defeated the enemy. Having so done, they suffered the routed barbarians to fly at their ease, and joining the two wings conquered them.
Therefore the Athenians secured in this way seven of the vessels; while with the reminder the barbicans pushed off, and taking aboard their Eretrian prisoners form the island where they had left them, doubled Cape Sunium, hoping to reach Athens before the return of the Athenians, and because of that The Athenians defeated a Persian army in the battle of Marathon.
Bossier Parish Community College
History 101 Western Civilization
5:00-7:50 P.M.
Dr. Roshunda Belton
9/21/14
Battle of Thermopylae
The Battle of Thermopylae started out in the late summer of 480 B.C, the Spartan King Leonidas 1 held out for three days with a mere 300 hoplites against thousands upon thousands of the best Great King’s troops. Under thirty-five Persian generals, were assembled for the invasion of Greece, five whom where sons of the royal house. On the arrival of Xerxes at Thermopylae, he saw the that place was defended by a large of number of Spartans, and about seven thousand hoplites from other states, commanded by the Spartan King Leonidas.
That night Xerxes sent a spy ahead, he learned that a …show more content…
An Athenian hoplite carried a heavy 9 foot spear, wore a solid breastplate and carried an almost body-length shield. The Persian infantryman, contrast, wore little more than robes and carried a shorter sword and a wicker or cane shield. Therefore, close-quarter combat favored the Athenians. The Persian disadvantage was exacerbated by the Greek use of the Phalanx formation, an eight hoplite by eight-hoplite square.
The two armies fought together on the plain of Marathon for a length of time; and in the mid-battle the barbarians were victorious, and broke and pursed the Greeks into the inner county; but on the two wings the Athenians and the Plateaens defeated the enemy. Having so done, they suffered the routed barbarians to fly at their ease, and joining the two wings conquered them.
Therefore the Athenians secured in this way seven of the vessels; while with the reminder the barbicans pushed off, and taking aboard their Eretrian prisoners form the island where they had left them, doubled Cape Sunium, hoping to reach Athens before the return of the Athenians, and because of that The Athenians defeated a Persian army in the battle of Marathon.