The Persian Wars In Pictures By Mr Fitzpatrick

The Persian Wars In Pictures By Mr. Fitzpatrick

The First Persian War King Darius 490 BCE

The Battle of Marathon

Hoplites The soldiers that fought in the Phalanx.

The Persian Wars The war starts because Greeks on the mainland help Greeks in Ionia in Asia Minor revolt against the Persians. Darius • The first war is fought by the Persian King Darius. • Battle of Marathon: the Athenians destroy the Persian army as it lands from the sea. 192 Athenians die compared to 6, 400 Persians (200, 000 Persians according to Herodotus) • A runner runs 26 miles to Athens to Ionian Revolt celebrate the victory and yells “NIKE”, then dies= the marathon race gets its name from this battle Xerxes

at Marathon

Athenians Discover Silver Mine Money = BOATS Triremes Warships with three levels of rowers on each side, one above the other

Themistocle’s Need For a Navy The Brilliance of Themistocles

The Second Persian War King Xerxes-480 BCE What is your profession?

at Thermopylae The Last Stand

To Athens u Athenians are gone u Persians burn city

Salamis Persians are tricked into another Battle. The Battle of Salamis

at Salamis

at Plataea

The Persian Wars Xerxes, the son of Darius, vows to conquer Greece and avenge his father’s loss. • Battle of Thermopylae- 300 Spartans and other Greeks defend the small pass and hold off the invasion of the Persians. • Xerxes will capture Athens and burn the city, but the Athenians flee to the island of Salamis • Battle of Salamis- a naval battle in which the Athenians trick Xerxes into the small strait and use their smaller and faster ships to kill thousands of Persians • Battle of Plataea- the Greeks defeat the last Persian army left by Xerxes in Greece Xerxes