The stories of The Histories‚ written by Herodotus‚ have the theme of punishment scattered throughout. Many of the stories are based upon punishment and cruelty‚ partly because this book tells the story of how the Greek city states fight off the Persians time and time again. However‚ it is not only in battle it cruelty and punishment seen; the idea of punishment and cruelty for power‚ revenge‚ and control is seen throughout the entire work. Among the stories of The Histories‚ the punishments that
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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 They were all against the Persian forces; after the victories of the League the Persian garrisons were withdrawn from Thrace
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important aspects of the fight including the weight of the common hoplites armor‚ the topography of the plain of marathon‚ and Miltiades strategy that lead to the great upset of the Persian army. The Persian army up to this point had never been matched or defeated in battle. The Athenians great charge on the Persian army at the battle of marathon is what Krentz argues won them the battle. While many scholars believe that this charge was impossible for common Greek soldiers to do physically‚ Krentz
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Athenian might not be common knowledge for a fourth century Athenian or a twentieth century American. Herodotus organizes his work in a dual structure. The primary structure is a domino-like succession of events. Tacitly beginning with the Trojan War but more firmly beginning
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key factor in bringing about a Greek victory in the Persian Wars‚ 480-479 BC? To a very large extent Themistocles did play the key role in bringing about a Greek victory against the Persians in 480-479BC. His efforts in the pre-war years‚ his leadership and tactical 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
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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. As the center was the weakest part of the Athenian cavalry it wasn’t able to hold their own against the Persians. However‚ once the Persians were about to break through the center the wings closed in around the Persians trapping them and the Persians lost. The Athenian and Plataean
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Cyrus the great who was the Emperor of Persian at the time invaded Greece and conquered a wealth Greek settlement called Ionia in 546 B.C.E. The smaller Greek city-states had much less land and far fewer people than Persia. The Persians took their farm land and forced the Ionians to pay the Persians a tax and serve in the Persian army. The Greeks there were encouraged to rebel by the Greeks and Athens. In the 490’s B.C.E‚ Darius who was the son of Cyrus the great‚ decided to invade the Athens as
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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 and cavalry on Greek soil just north
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extraordinary navy. Both of these city states have been competing for control of Greece for many years. Thucydides is the best source of knowledge we have about the Peloponnesian war. He was a general for the Athenians‚ and he documented everything that happened during the war. It is a miracle that he and his documentations survived the war‚ as all of the other Athen generals were killed. Sparta is the leader of the Peloponnesian league‚ this league consists of the Corianth‚ Sicyon‚ Epidauros‚ and Peloponnesians
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Evaluate Greek Unity as the main reason for Greek Victory against the Persians in the years 490BC-479BC. There is much discussion over whether it was Greek unity that caused the victory against the Persians in the years 490BC-479BC. The three main points of view on the matter is that they were not united at all‚ which can be seen from the accounts of Herodotus‚ that they were united‚ which can be seen in the Themistocles Decree and that it was Themistocles himself that made them unified. It
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