Mike Vecchio 3 March 2011 HIST 2023 Review of Peter Krentz‚ The battle of Marathon The Battle of Marathon was arguably one of the most important battles in Greek history. In his book‚ Peter Krentz critically analyzes every specific aspect of this battle from the events that lead up to it‚ the battle itself and the aftermath. Krentz debunks the most important aspects of the fight including the weight of the common hoplites armor‚ the topography of the plain of marathon‚ and Miltiades strategy
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Why did the Greeks win the battle of marathon? The Athenians won the battle of Marathon because of skilled leadership from Miltiades‚ the Athenian and Plataean hoplites‚ good terrain‚ and morale. Miltiades was the commander during the Battle of Marathon. He had spent time in the Chersonese which gave him possible Persian tactics. Miltiades decided that because the Persian cavalry was so large in numbers the Athenians would spread out and make the center the weakest part with the wings the strongest
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Jocelyne Jimenez November 4‚ 2013 Battle of Gaugamela Battle Of Gaugamela The most important war that Alexander fought was Guagemela. It was one of the biggest and strongest battle that alexander was in. Although‚ alexander did not kill darius at the spot‚ he chased him all over just to kill him. Guagamela really stands out by the method of fighting they used and the commanders‚ belligerents‚ and soldiers who participated in the battle. This battle did have a huge impact because it showed how
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What makes a battle great? First and foremost it has to be huge‚ meaning between two superpowers with both sides having a substantial amount of troops. But‚ it also has to be for a glorious cause or must be led by a great general; and it must be a battle that changes the course of history. With all this in mind‚ the battles of antiquity were truly the greatest battles. But because there were so many‚ I have only enough space to describe the three greatest land battles between 1000AD and 1500 AD;
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Persian wars Now to the Persian wars. The Persian wars are a series of battles between Persia and Greece. The Persian Empire at the time stretched from the Indus valley to the Asia Minor and Egypt and was starting to get into Greece and Europe. A few city-states started to send solders to help their fellow Greeks. Nine years later Darius‚ the emperor of Persia at the time‚ started to take his revenge. The first invasion of Greece was in the plains of Marathon near Athens‚ a great and scholared city
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The Battle of Marathon happened in 490 BC and lead to the rise of the city of Athens and the fall of the Persian Empire. The cause of the battle was the The Ionian Revolt which happened in 499-493 BC‚ the story is that Histiaeus didn’t like his long exile beyond the Tigris and wanted to go back to Ionia. He sent a message to Aristagoras on the head of a slave to tell him to start a rebellion. The Ionians got help from the Athenians but they saw the revolt was going to fail so left after they had
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The Battle of Halicarnassus An important Persian city was Halicarnassus which was used as a supply base. Whose fortifications included a “45 foot wide moat‚ which was 22 feet deep and a six foot thick walls; and high masonry towers” (2004‚ p94) in which Memnon and his troops were defending. The city could easily be supplied from the sea‚ but because of poor use of the Persian fleet‚ Alexander was able to move his siege engines and supplies to Halicarnassus for the battle. Alexander began his siege
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really fascinating to watch the movie 300‚ where King Leonidas and his army of 30 brave Spartans battled the Persian King Xerxes and his army of 300‚000. This would come as a surprise to all that a battle of such a magnitude had also occurred in our country however not known to most of us. Known as the Battle of Saragarhi‚ it really is moment of pride for India but sadly this tale of heroic action and sacrifice is hardly recorded in the books of Indian History as it was fought on the behalf of British
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desire‚ however‚ was to cast a shadow on the large Persian empire by winning all its lands and bringing it under his rule. Gaugamela‚ named after the village it was fought by‚ was the decisive battle in the struggle between Alexander III and Darius II for the Persian Empire. The battle occurred in 331 BC‚ this battle was one of importance as it shows a significant amount of Alexander’s tactical and military genius while including examples of his great leadership skills with his men. Mesopotamia was
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The battle of Marathon is one of history ’s most famous military engagements. It is also one of the earliest recorded battles. Their victory over the Persian invaders gave the fledgling Greek city states confidence in their ability to defend themselves and belief in their continued existence. The battle is therefore considered a defining moment in the development of European culture. In September of 490 BC a Persian armada of 600 ships disgorged an invasion force of approximately 20‚000 infantry
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