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490 BCE
The Battle of Marathon
The image depicts the battle between the Athenians and Persians. The Battle of Marathon started for the reason that the city-state Miletus revolted against Persia, and Athens took the role in the Ionian revolt which resulted the war between the two city-states. Therefore, Athenians seeked help from Spartans but due to their religious reasons, they could not provide assistance.The Athenians were also greatly outnumbered by the Persians, nevertheless they fought strategically and was victorious. -
481 BCE
Battle of Thermopylae
The image represents the Battle of Thermopylae, fighting on the mountain route. This was the first war between Persians and Greeks. In this battle, Sparta and Athens became united to defeat the Persians. The Greeks chose a defensive position at Thermopylae, a passage where the Persians would go through, but because of a Greek traitor, the Persian forces took the mountain path to the far end of the pass at Thermopylae. The Spartans held the pass & fought valiantly, but all were killed. -
480 BCE
Battle of Salamis
The image depicts the strategy they used in Battle of Salamis, it was a battle between the Navies of The Persians and Greeks. The Greek allies defeated the Persian navy. After the Persian victory at Thermopylae, it left the greeks vulnerable.Xeres was given the wrong information that made the Persian sail the following day, moved forward towards the narrow gulf leaving the ships blocked in both ends. Even, the fact that the Greeks were greatly outnumbered, they were able to defeat the Persians. -
478 BCE
Delian League
The Delian League was a organization of alliances between 150 other city-states. This was formed in order to formed to continue fighting the Persian Empire. The members are required to contribute money, men or ships although Athens used the money for more building buildings and established unlawful rules such as, a member could not withdraw w/o consent of all or suffer consequences. Athens began to dominate the League and other city-states which caused their unity and cooperation to break.
