only rich could afford the weapons becasu they where made of bronze
iron later replaced the bronze becuse it was cheeper
war began between greece and persian empire
greeks were settled the persians conqured in 546 bc
darius the great defeated the revolt and them vowed to destroy athens
in 490 bc persan fleet of 25000 men landed in marathon
10000 athenians meet then there
persians lost 6000 mens
athens lost 200 or less
athenians used phalanx
the persians not well trained
persians had light armor
athenians where on home land
even though athens on the left their city without much army
accroding to the tradition army would send a runner
he ran 26 miles
xerxes was now the lender of the persian army
he want to fofill his dads vow 'destroy athens'
some thought fight
some thought just let them burn it down
some fought with the persians
thermopylae narrow mountain path where they fought
7000 greeks and 300 spartains stood in his way
all 300 died including leonidas
made a great impression on the greeks
greeks abandoned athens becasue they could fight at sea better
athenians where the head of it and mover the head quarters to athens
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