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What was important about that Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C.?
The Battle of Marathon was a turning point during the first Persian invasion of Greece. The Persians vastly outnumbered the Greeks on the battlefield, but the Greeks were able to defeat them. The Greeks charged the Persian troops with a thin weaker line, while the Greeks' left and right flanks consisted of stronger troops who quickly surrounded the Persian troops and attacked them on both sides. It was a crushing defeat for the Persians, and the battle convinced the Greeks that while the Persian Empire had vast armies and archers, it was possible to defeat them.
Why did the Greeks defeated the Persians in the battle?
Which battle.
What is surprising that the Greeks won the battle of Marathon?
Not surprising at all. The Athenian armoured infantry was superior to the Persian infantry. The Greeks attacked the Persians infantry in the absence of their cavalry.
Was the battle of Plataea turning point for the Greeks?
After destroying Persian sea power at the battle of Salamis, they were able to defeat their army, and so end the attempt by the Persians to incorporate the cities of mainland Greece into the Persian Empire.
What happened during the battle of Marathon?
The Greeks defeated the Persians through superior arms and tactics . The Greeks were under joint command of Miltiades and Callimachus . The defeat of Persian forces marked the end of the 1st Persian invasion of Greece .
What happened during the marathon battle?
The Greeks defeated the Persians through superior arms and tactics . The Greeks were under joint command of Miltiades and Callimachus . The defeat of Persian forces marked the end of the 1st Persian invasion of Greece .
What was the battle of marathon over?
The battle of Marathon was a result of the Persians under King Darius the First to punish the Greeks for supporting the Ionian Revolt where Sardis had been burned after capture . The battle was essentially where the Greeks defeated a Persian punitive expedition that failed .
Why do you think the Greeks defeated the Persians in the Marathon battle?
The Persian cavalry was not available and the Athenian arboured infantry overcame the unarmoured infantry unprotected by their cavalry.
Who did the Greeks fight in the battle of thermopolae?
The Persians
How did the Persians finally defeat the Greeks at the battle of thermopylae?
The traitor Ephialtes had shown to the Persians a path leading through the mountains which enabled the Persians to outflank and overcome the Greek rearguard composed of both Spartans and Thebans .
Who win spartan against Persian?
Yes the Persians did defeat the 300 Spartans and Greeks, but after, a double spy led the Persians to the wrong straight after destroying Athens. The Greek fleet overwhelemed the Persians, so the Persians retrieted. The Persian bridge that was biult was destroyed and the the Greeks kept part of the bridge as a trophy. With Persia now out of their homeland, the Spartans and Athenians teamed up once more and went to battle with the Persians. The battle of Persia and Sparta/Athens lasted 3 years. The Spartan/Athenian army defeted the Persians!Persia lost against the Spartans/Athenians!
Why was the Persian Empire weakning?
Alexander the Great first captured its Mediterranean ports so that it could no longer pose a naval threat. He massacred the Greek mercenaries in Persian service after the battle of the Granicus so that Greeks would no longer provide the armoured infantry the Persians needed, and he captured the Persian treasury after the battle of Issus. These measures stripprd the Persians of their underlying strengths.
