more notes:
during the dorian age, only the rich could really afford to buy the bronze weaponry
phalanx- spear in one hand, shield in other
start of persian war- began in Greece and Persain Empire
first began in ionia on the coast of Anatolia
in 490 B.C. the persian fleet of 25,000 men landed in an area called Marathon
10,000 Athenians meet them there
after several hourse of fighting
Athenians were using the new fighting formation called the phalanx
persains were not well trained in that
even though athenians had won, they left their city without much of an army
according to traditionm army leaders would send a runner to alert athens of the battle
xerxes- darius the great's son, had become the successor of the persian army
brought and enormous army with him to complete the job that his father one vowed
greeks were very divided on how to handle the persian situation
battle of salamis- greeks abandoned athens, because they thought that fighting at sea was their best chance
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