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THIS IS SPARTA The Battle of Marathon Spartans showed up two days after the battle was over Three reasons why the Spartans did not help earlier There was more to it than a religious festival ID: 641007

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The Battle of Thermopylae

THIS…. IS…. SPARTA!!!!!!!!!!!!Slide2

The Battle of MarathonSpartans showed up two days after the battle was over

.Three reasons why

the Spartans did not help earlier:

(There was more to it than a religious festival)

Sparta disliked AthensSparta afraid of a helot revolt.Sparta afraid the Persians would make them look weak.

LEGEND: A Greek messenger ran 26.2 miles to Athens with news of the victory, dying of exhaustion immediately after he arrived.

He became the inspiration for this athletic event, introduced at the 1896 Athens Olympics, and originally run between Marathon and Athens.

SPORTS ARTICLE!Slide3
Slide4

192 Athenians dead buried in ceremonial funeral mound

still there today!Slide5

Background to ThermopylaeThemistocles

was the new leader.He was

very strong

and could act quickly to respond to difficult situations.

Silver mines were found outside Athens which helped strengthen the military.Slide6

What to do with the Cash?!Themistocles put a lot of money

from the silver into building up the army

to 100,000-150,000 men and building 200 warships. (

Triremes

)Slide7

http://www.rom.gr/ROM7/images/afisa01.jpgSlide8

Persia’s Thirst for Revenge

Persia also had a new leader. Darius was out and Xerxes

was in. (Son of Darius & Grandson of Cyrus)

V

owing to revenge his father’s loss Forces slaves to follow him Constantly whispering “Remember the Athenians” for next 10 years!Slide9

Xerxes assumes power and amasses huge army over

200,000+ strongSlide10

and 1000 ships!Slide11

The Life of a SpartanSlide12

Cooperation Among Greece

Athenians hear about Xerxes’ thirst for revenge they look for help.

1st time wide scale co-operation between the Greeks…

They agree to help!

Sparta and Athens decided to work together to fight the Persians. Sparta had a very strong army

Athens had a strong navy.Awesome combination! Slide13

ThermopylaeSlide14

Leonidas

Statue of Leonidas in Sparta today.

NOT this guy…. Well,

kinda

Slide15

The Battle at ThermopylaeAugust of 480 BC

The Greeks were waiting for the Persians at Thermopylae. “The HOT GATES

(If the Persians wanted to get into mainland Greece they would have to take this pass.)

Xerxes sat on a golden throne atop the pass to watch the battle. For the first two days the 7300 Greek soldiers were able to slaughter the Persians.

(Even Xerxes’ elite “Immortals”)Slide16
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Decisive Battles VideoDecisive Battles - Thermopylae 480 BCSlide19

Groovy Greeks!!Slide20

The last stand

…..”Slide21

Result of Thermopylae

Created a sense of nationalism among the Greeks…

This continued.

It

showed Xerxes that conquering Greece was not going to be easy. The Greeks were a strong, determinded and skilled force. (just as Marathon had shown Darius)

The courageous self-sacrifice of Leonidas and his men won the Greeks many advantages… can you think of one?

Let’s Watch Spartan Related!!!