Why Wre The Greeks Able To Defeat The Persiansin 480/79 Bc

The Persian Empire had been going from strength to strength since Cyrus had become ruler of Persia in 559 B.C. Before he took power Persia had been a largely unimportant country in the area but after a short time Cyrus had conquered the majority of the Mediterranean area and the borders of his Empire stretched as far as Modern day Afghanistan and northern Africa, after his death the consequent successors to the role of leader were to also add to empire. There was however one missing piece to the empire and that was Greece that now found itself almost entirely surrounded by countries that were either directly controlled by their ancient enemies or were political allies of them. As their traditional enemies and the only country in the area resisting their power, it was inevitable that the Persians would have to invade. But how when surrounded and outnumbered by a such a huge power that had defeated most the countries it had gone to war with was Greece able to come out of their war with Persia victorious? I will look at whether it was superior tactics used by the Greeks that led to victory or was it the bad tactics used by the Persians that led them to defeat. I wil

The fact that the navies at Salamis were almost equal in size was hugely important. If the Greeks had lost this battle, Mardonius may have taken a different strategy instead of leading the ground troops to Platea and making the fatal mistake of fighting the Greeks on their terms. Mardonius’ failings as a military leader seem to be one the major factors that crop up. After more or less succeeding with his joint land sea assault he chose to focus on the land attack and this ultimately led to defeat.

all feuds between member states should be brought to an end… the command of both the army and the navy be conferred onto the Spartans…and three spies be sent to investigate the Persian army…

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