not frightened about anything‚ because they know how great they are as a warrior. The overall lighting does not alter anywhere in the movie‚ to incorporate a certain scene that draws you into the story. The film is set in an ancient place called Sparta. In the movie‚ you will see wonderful Greek architectures. The Battle of Thermopylae goes down in history as one of the most courageous achievement of valor in any war. The Spartan King
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Leonidas was the king of Sparta from 490 BC to 480BC after his death at the battle of Thermopylae. His leadership in this battle was considered his main contribution to the Persian wars and his legacy from this battle is considered one of the greatest battles in antiquity. His Spartan military tactics lead to a strong force against a very large Persian army but could not stop the Persian army and his defence and heroism at Thermopylae unfortunately did not become a deciding factor in the Persian
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included: Aegina‚ Byzantium‚ Chios‚ Lesbos‚ Lindos‚ Naxos‚ Paros‚ Samos‚ Thasos‚ and many other cities across the Aegean‚ in Ionia‚ the Hellespont‚ and Propontis.” (Cartwright & Mark‚ 2016). This alliance was dissolved after the defeat of Athens by Sparta in the war of the Peloponnesus in 404 BC. The Delian League had remarkable military victories. They were all against the Persian forces; after the victories of the League the Persian garrisons were withdrawn from Thrace
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periods. Each period signifies special events and important advancements‚ which provided the basis for how we live today. Greece was not always one united country‚ Instead it was made up of Hundreds of city-states including as Athens‚ Corinth and Sparta. Each city-state was ruled by a single leader called a tyrant. During the fifth century BC‚ Athens became the first city-state to introduce democracy. Religion played a big part in everyday life in Ancient Greece. The Greeks worshipped many gods
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“Thucydides: Method of Historical Inquiry” Thucydides‚ one of the great historians‚ recorded several years of war between Sparta and Athens. “History of the Peloponnesian War‚” in which he was the writer‚ used different methods of investigating and writing his history. He combined several sources into one fascinating voice that is his own. Thucydides methods included balance‚ accuracy and objectivity‚ and how he reached his findings that makes it an historical classification. One method would
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Pericles Funeral Speech: Hype or Truth Several philosophers and thinkers have graced Athens but none probably have described Athens as vividly as Pericles did with his funeral speech delivered in honor of the martyrs of the Peloponnesian War. This speech was given almost a year after the Peloponnesian War started and its purpose was to inspire both the citizens and the army of Athens. In his speech Pericles describes Athens as a flawless state when compared with its contemporaries. Pericles highlighted
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His reason for wanting to try these men was because they failed to retrieve the bodies of men after they lost a battle with the Sparta. It was illegal to propose such a thing as this. The generals were executed anyhow. Three years later the leaders of the Athens government forced Socrates to arrest and terminate Leon who was from the city of Salamis. The reason for this man’s
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OWN VIEWS Go tell the Spartans Stranger passing by‚ That here obedient to their laws …….we lie. Thus reads an ancient stone at Thermopylae in northern Greece‚ the site of one of the world’s greatest battles for freedom. The book is told in a circuitous way; I found the jumping back and forth in time a bit distracting‚ but more off-putting was the way Xeones forecasts an event or subplot before narrating it in detail later. Already knowing how Thermopylae turned out‚ I was hoping for some suspense
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for war are made in preparation after the rebel of the Greeks. Aristagoras ignores advice from an oracle‚ and instead asks help from the Spartan army‚ which is known to be a great army. The reader is taught by the author of Aristagoras’ visit to Sparta. Herodotus goes in to great detail about the host of the trip‚ and tells story from his early childhood‚ and we even learn how Cleomenes is not all there in the head. Herodotus still does not seem too biased in his writing‚ but he does seem to realize
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occurred through the Peloponnesian War and Vietnam War. When I first look at the Peloponnesian War‚ I see a very troubling precedent. There were two sides that were just able to drive out the Persians from Greece‚ but both had equal parts of it. Sparta was able to dominate the land‚ while the Athenians were more dominant on the sea. With teamwork and effort they would have been unstoppable to stop‚ and they may still be running to this day from my perspective. However‚ when things seem to be working
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