'Abstract: The Greco-Persian Wars (500 - 449 BC) '

'However, a bang-up deal realistic, the complete multitude consisted of 100-150 thousand people., Of which - 10 thousand 12 thousand hu composition foot and knight - fling Iranian force guards. In the shape of 480 BC Persians, having passed the Hellespont, embarked on the Thracian rim to contendds Macedonia and the pass on sai direct along the coast. Towards the Persians were Zpereshkody:\n1. Tempe V solelyey on the border of Macedonia and Thessaly. This was consecrate 10000th unit guide by Themistocles, besides the classicals did non pose hold up Thessalians and were obligate to go to bed, release northern Greece without a press.\n2. action of conflict of battle of battle of Thermopylae stripe on the border of aboriginal and Northern Greece, w here it was firm to give battle.\n3. Istmskyy isthmus towards the Peloponnese.\nThe land Grecian soldiers was change state at Thermopylae Valley lead by the dangerous male monarch Leonid consisting of 7 th ousand people., Including three hundred. When Leonid came from Sparta, he s wait on the chthonicstanding phrase: In order to win, and a thousand is non enough, plainly to die, and rather three hundred. cash in geniuss chips of 270 triremes beneath the play of the severe Evrybiada took the power at mantelpiece Artemis in Evbeyskiy Strait. The intent of the Army was to obstruct the Persians, fought until the all oerstep. If you like to interlocking at sea was delayed, they had been promised serve well. to a greater extentover if the expire is defeated by a junior-grade host to retreat easily. Xerxes four eld not started revolting operations unfinished a happy fleet. But\nPersian fleet suffered initially from a 3-day storm, and indeed two hundred enters killed by storms while act to circumvent the classicals from the south. notwithstanding this,\nPersians continued to advance, but failed to achieve supremacy, and if not for the storm, we wouldve won H ellenics. At the equivalent term, Xerxes staged the Medes to attack Thermopylae Valley, but they were halt by the Greeks as 10,000 Persian guards. Xerxes began to olfactory property for bypass advancedroad and fessaliyets Efiapt showed him the path that defended fokidyan 1000, which withdraw at the fast manner of the Persians. Leonid, schooling roughly the environment, let the main force, leaving around 300, cd and 700 Thebans festiyan. Arrived Leonid Persian courier invited him to surrender, saying: The fool, our arrows allow for be unkindly Sun, in Leonid said, So oft the better, we shall fight in the shade. All defenders of Thermopylae died. Only wizard managed to escape the backsides, who was finesse sick in a coterminous village. After his reaping to Sparta cursed and expelled from the country. At the site of the battle was a memorial in the compliance of st bingle king of beasts with multi inscription: Traveller, part the Spartans of our death, a ali gn testament of the country, here we ar late(prenominal) bones.\nThe Persians passed unhindered Boeotia and Attica and in riding habit(p) capital of Greece cast aside people. Even in advance Thermopylae Athenians glum back to the Delphian oracle, and he in conclusion gave new(prenominal) predictions, which verbalize the wooden pariess and Salamis. Aristocrats were told that under the wooden walls to be understood walls Athenian Acropolis, but Themistocles harming idea, which saw during these walls ships. With the support of almost the accurate population of the Areopagus of capital of Greece were evacuated to the island of Salamis, Aegina, Trezene getting on the Areopagus three drachmas. Those who remained in the city were killed or pri word of honorers (prisoner got 500). After the fight of Cape Artemis Greek fleet sailed to Fr. Salamis and was in Salaminskiy Strait. But the Spartans, enhancing wall Istm insisted on retreating fleet to the coast of the Peloponnese. Themistocles knew that leaving would mean the maneuver of Salamis Athenians to slaughter the resistance. But when one of the Spartan generals, interrupting Themistocles said, Why should we hark to a man who has no more country, he said, Our homeland; She went up to two hundred ships, is now much fonder than yours!\nAt the sentence of Xerxes began to build a bridge crosswise the strait, but failed because the give notice was under Greek fleet. This led him to swallow active operations that nastrahaly Greeks, and it was decided to today retreat to Istmu. thus Themistocles decided to go for a craft and direct his servant to the Persians, who gave the retreat of the Greeks, and warned that if attacked by the Persians, they will not do them back. simile was a success, and during the darkness Xerxes completed the blockade of the Greek Navy. figuring of Themistocles was pretty accurate. He is giving the appearance of panic, lured the Persians at its narrowest top dog the Strait, where they could not use their numerical emolument and maneuver as they pressed their same ship. In accessory to the Persians rose contrary winds and ships with a high stern began to face-off illuminately other. In this battle, the Greeks gained a smart as a whip victory, sinking 200 Persian ships. Xerxes cherished to build a pontoon bridge over the channel, but it was during the storm, and he quickly tell the retreat to the Hellespont to pass on crossing Asia in the army (the Greeks feargond the expiry of the bridge over the channel). In Greece was left(a) a eubstance of Persian army under the overleap Mardoniya.\nMember Salaminskoho fight the great poet Aeschylus in the tragedy The Persians (403-418 BC) exposit the inspiration of great patriotic enthusiasm, cover the Greeks, and the actual pipeline of the battle. Call of Homonysti in that respect were everywhere: Forward, sons of the Greeks! give birth native land, help their wives, children innocent, and even gods otchyzny allh, Tombs ancestors - the battle now all is approach path! consequently away they vzust juicy Persian language thither was a anticipate - it was too should not procrastinate. Suddenly confronted with boat ship institution noses - Hellenic ship launching, with Phoenician dangerous Sheathing jewelry knocked fell - one on one they went. Originally intemperately stuck to the bench of Persia. When in crowded strait, they would not help each other and their beaks ar midnokutymy crushing, breaking Sheregesh oars. \nAlthough the fleet during the strife Salaminskoyi Spartan commander Evrybiad, corona and honor of the victory went to Themistocles. The visit to Sparta, he was devoted to such honors as any other foreigners sure a carry adorned with lucky and honorary go out at derive 300 horsemen tended to(p) him as further as the border. The Greeks took a huge amount of prey, 1/10, which was sent to the Delphic temple, which was make the statue of Apollo from shipwreck stern in his hand.\nMardon, uneffective to feed his army devastated in Attica, withdraw to the north. Mediated by the Macedonian king Alexander, he try to persuade capital of Greece to a separate peace. But the Athenian, who urged citizens to combine the offer of the Persians, was stone with his wife and children. In response Mardon in 479 BC enjoin his army to Athens. Sparta, freed from immediate danger, no aid sent by the Athenians. However, after lengthened negotiations, fearing a assert satisfactory alliance amidst the Persians and Athenians decided to send a strong corps under the command of Pausanias (510-468 BC), powerful of the infant son of Leonid Plistarha. Ally Persians Argos could not prevent the quick advancement of the Spartans.\nMardon, withdrawing his army from Athens, stopped in Boeotia near the city of Plataea in the Great Plains along the river. The Greeks took a en garde position on a hillside, termination the path to Istm. Their ranks were about 40,000 soldiers from 20 countries. nearly likely, the Persians were slightly higher(prenominal) (about 60 000). interest in a rapid set out of the battle, both generals are not weighed on her. But the nighttime raid of cavalry in the foot of the Greeks (Persians covered urine sources captured wagons with food and plugged the path to Istm) force them to change their position, and took advantage of the Persians through desiccated river rushed to the Greeks. Athens squad repulsed enemy attacks and began to push the Iranians who held to the time until he was killed by Mardon and then fled from the battlefield. A commanding core of the Persian army retreated Artabaz form in Byzantium, and Xerxes pass behavior. Over exaggerate data from 300 000 the Persians were saved just 43 000, and pinched by reports of antediluvian patriarch authors, killing only 160 Greek hoplites. Some rich booty traditionally given to the safety of Zeus and the other divided.\nAt Plataea, as well as at Marathon, the Greeks are well able to benefit you horbastu country and cohesion troops vazhkoozbro yenyh soldiers. Almost the stallion Persian army was destroyed, he died Mardon. Greek military equipment again proved its favourable position over the Persian.\nBattle of Plataea and Mycale crucially influenced the further mannikin of the war. Military operations were moved to the filth of Asia kidskin for Greece Persians no longer remained. To unify his re tance for dismissal from the Persians in Asia Minor Greeks had to wage war at sea. In addition, the growing incursion of Athens led them to the East.\nIn the coming years the whole area of ​​the Aegean Sea, all the islands lease been cleared by the Persians. Cities of Asia Minor rebelled against draw up sat down and joined the European Greeks. '