Names (GP)
Tyrant who instigated the Ionian Revolt, leader of Miletus.
Who was Aristagoras?
Historian who wrote the history of the Peloponnesian War
Who was Thucydides?
Athenian victory during the first invasion, Athenian hoplites attacked after the Persian cavalry was loaded.
What was the Battle of Marathon?
Battle in which the Spartans surrendered to the Athenians.
Battle of Sphacteria
The regional capital of Sparta that the Ionian rebels sacked.
What was Sardis?
General who led the 300 Spartans against the forces of Persia to buy time for the rest of the Greek forces to retreat to the Peloponnese.
Who was Leonidas?
Philosopher who lived through the final years of the Peloponnesian war and lost faith in democracy.
Who was Plato?
Turned the tide of the second invasion, Greek triremes decimate the Persian fleet.
What was the Battle of Salamis?
Largest land battle during the Peloponnesian war, between Sparta and an alliance of democratized states.
What was the Battle of Mantinea?
Alliance formed by Athens following the Greco-Persian War.
What was the Delian League?
Athenian statesman who encouraged Athens to build their navy, tricked Xerxes into early invasion, and stalled the Spartans so that Athens could rebuild its wall.
Who was Themistocles?
Leader of Athens during the Golden Age, died of plague during the Peloponnesian War
Who was Pericles?
Land battle during the second invasion in which Mardonius, the remaining Persian general after Xerxes' retreat, dies.
What was the Battle of Plataea?
Saw the destruction of Athen's navy in 405
What was the Battle of Aegospotami?
Technology used by Xerxes to cross the Hellespont.
What is a pontoon bridge?
General of the Persian forces in the 1st invasion of Greece who later dies in the Battle of Plataea
Who was Mardonius?
Spartan general who defeated the Athenian navy at Aegospotami.
Who was Lysander?
battle in which the retreating Persian fleet was chased to Ionia, and defeated before reaching Sardis.
What was the Battle of Amphipolis?
A fast and maneuverable Greek ship, used to sink other ships
What is a trireme?
Athenian general who won the Battle of Marathon.
Who was Miltiades?
Athenian general who defects to the Spartans after being accused of sacrilege.
Who was Alcibiades?
The location of Leonidas and the 300 Spartan's final stand against the Persian army.
What was Thermopylae?
Dramatic Athenian loss originally led by Alcibiades.
What was the Sicilian Expedition?
Religious statues that Alcibiades was accused of mutilating.
What were the hermai?