Transcript Persian Wars

Persian Wars
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Miltiades (550-489 B.C.E.)
• Athenian General who fought at the Battle of
Marathon
• He came up with a plan to fight them on the
plains at Marathon
• As a strategy, he attacked the Persians from
the flanks and forced them to retreat back to
their naval boats
• Location: Athens, Greece
King Darius (550-486 B.C.E.)
• King of the Persian Empire
• Came up with a plan to invade the Greek CityStates by crossing the Aegean Sea in 490
B.C.E.
• Was unsuccessful at invading the Greeks
• Location: Persepolis, Persia
Plutarch (45-120 C.E.)
• Historian who wrote about Greece and the
Persian Wars
• Wrote about the wars 500 years later
• Location: Delphi, Greece
Herodotus (484-425 B.C.E.)
• A leading historian who writes about the
Persian Wars
• He has been known to exaggerate the events
of the Persian Wars
• Wrote about the ancient 7 Wonders of the
World
• Known at the Father of History
• Location: Greece
Pheidippides (530-490 B.C.E.)
• Greek Messenger/Runner
• He runs to Sparta to rally the Spartans to fight
with the Athenians
• He also runs from Marathon to Athens to tell
everyone about this great victory
• Dies of exhaustion after the run!
• Location: Athens, Greece
Datis (Dates Unknown)-Persian Wars
• Persian General
• Fought at the Battle of Marathon
• Lost and marched his troops back to the
Persian Empire
• Location: Persia
Leonidas (540-480 B.C.E.)
• King of Sparta
• Led his 300 Spartans and allies soldiers against
the Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae
• Fought to the death with his men showing
courage and heroism
• Location: Sparta, Greece
King Xerxes (519-465 B.C.E.)
• King of the Persian Empire and Son of Darius
• Led the 2nd invasion of Greece to avenge his
father’s defeat and add the Greeks into his
Army
• His campaign to take control over Greece is a
failure (initially victory at the Battle of
Thermopylae)
• Location: Persepolis, Greece
Ephialtes (Dates unknown) Persia Wars
• Greek Traitor (goes against Greece to help the
Persians)
• Gives a route around Thermopylae Pass to
defeat the Spartans and allows for the defeat
of the Spartans and their allies
• Location: Greece