Persian Battles
The battle where Phidippides ran to Athens to declare their victory and dropped dead afterward.
Battle of Marathon
The two Persian leaders who attacked Athens during the Persian Wars.
Darius and Xerxes
These two city-states fought for control of Greece which helped cause the Peloponnesian War.
Athens & Sparta
Emperor of Persia who stopped the Greek revolts and moves troops to invade Greece and punish Athens.
He never returned after his defeat.
Emperor Darius of Persia
Which war happened first?
Persian War
The last battle of the Persian War
Battle of Plataea
The Persians did this to Athens defeating the Greeks at the Battle of Thermopolae
burned the city of Athens
The Greek city-state alliance led by Athens.
Delian League
Leader of Athens whose strategy involved building walls around the city
Pericles
After the Peloponnesian War, the Greeks were left weak and divided. Who was able to take advantage of this situation and successfully invade/conquer most of Greece?
Philip II of Macedonia/Alexander the Great
The battle where the Athenians were outnumbered 2,000 soldiers to 10,000 soldiers and they still beat the Persians because of their exceptional military.
Battle of Marathon
The chronological order of the major battles of the Persian War.
Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis, and Plataea
Who won the Peloponnesian War?
Sparta
The best Athenian runner who sent word to other Greeks about the Persian invasion in 490BC.
The marathon race was named after him.
Phidippides
This killed 1/3 of the Athenian population due to overcrowding
Plague of Athens
The battle where 300 spartans fought off the Persians until their deaths. This allowed the Athenians to retreat from the enemy.
Battle of Thermopylae
The cause of the Persian Wars.
The Ionian colonies revolted against the Persian Empire and the Athenians sent aid to the Ionians.
The Greek city-state alliance led by Sparta
Peloponnesian League
The tyrant that was overthrown from Athens that joined Persia and suggested where to have the first battle at.
Hippias
Spartans slaves who launched a rebellion before the Peloponnesian War
Helots
The battle that occurred on sea and where the Athenians used their ships to ram into the Persian ships, causing them to sink.
Battle of Salamis
Result of the Persian Wars.
Greeks won and Athens became the most powerful city-state
What were the boats called in ancient Greese
triremes
This Persian Emperor returned to conquer Greece in 480BC with a bigger army than that of his Father, Emperor Darius.
Xerxes
Who was the leader of Athen's navy for the battle of Salamis
Themistocles