The Spartans are known in modern culture as warriors and soldiers of exceptional renown who dedicated their entire lives to fighting and perfecting …
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Great Battles of the Persian Wars
How did the tiny Greek city States beat the odds and defeat Ancient Persia's massive empire?
The Battle of Plataea was the last land battle of the 2nd-Greco Persian War and was the nail in the coffin for the Persian invasion.
In 499 BCE, the Greek city-states of Ionia revolted against Darius I of the Achaemenid Empire. By 494 BCE, the Ionians had been defeated and their …
Sparta was an exception in the Greek world: the only polis (“city-state”) without defensive walls and a one-of-a-kind socio-political system. This …
