Tactics
Used Phalanx. was a line of men standing shoulder to shoulder in a large formation.
Carried spears pikes and swords.
There Shields name was the hoplon.
Key players
Athenians had ten generals one from each tribe.
Pericles was the main general.
Infantry was a citizen in a suit of armor.
Calvary were the ones on the horses protected back and sides
The navy had 400 ships and 80,000 men was the strongest part of the military.
famous battles Were Marathon in 490 salamis in 480 Thermopylae in 80 chaeronea in 338
Peloponnesian war one in every four Athens were killed most from disease. Or they starved to death because the city was blocked on all sides.
Battle of Aegospotami was last major battle of the Peloponnesian war destroyed all but 20 of the Athens ships.
City states were overpopulated so they wanted to build more but Greeks didn't like the dictatorship of the Persians trying to tax so war broke out.
A runner was sent to Athens to tell the good news.
Spear had bronze end and a sharp iron spear on other end bronze butt was used as backup weapon.
Ballista was a arrow shooter could shoot multiple at a time.
Dagger was used after spear was broken
Catapult launched large objects at opponent
Armor was expensive and usually past down
Delian League
Delian League was a City state under Athens.
Helped fund military so if war did break out.
Main goal was to get people to continue fighting the Persians.
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