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Thermopylae Battle
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When was the battle of Thermopylae? | 480 BCE |
| How large was Xerxes’ army believed to have been? | 300,000 – 2 million |
| What did Xerxes intent to do to Athens? Why? | Burn Athens to the ground, revenge for the burning of the Persian temple at Sardis (Athens helped the people of Sardis during Ionian Rebellion) & for preventing expansion into Greece |
| How does the Persian army compare to the Greek army in terms of number of soldiers? | 50:1 |
| Why is the pass at Thermopylae an ideal place for the Greeks to make a stand against the Persians? | Geographically: only a 200 yard pass between a cliff to the north right over the Aegean Sea and mountain to the south. |
| Why did Thermopylae geography give the Greeks a advantage? | Only a fraction of Xerxes’ army to fight at a time; the Greeks have taken away the Persian numerical advantage by choosing Thermopylae as the battlefield. |
| Before Thermopylae, the Greek city-states, specifically Athens and Sparta, never fought as a unified force. Why? Who is their common enemy? | They are rivals who join together to defeat Persia |
| Who was Leonidas? What was his role at the battle of Thermopylae? | Spartan king, chosen by all the Greek city-states to hold the pass. Leader of the 300 Spartan soldiers who stayed behind to make the last stand against the Persian invasion. |
| 20.Who was Themistocles? What was his role at the Artemesium Straight? | Athenian general who lead the Greek navy. Put in change of stopping Xerxes’ navy from surrounding the Greek ground troops |
| Approximately how many Greek soldiers went to Thermopylae originally? | 7000 |
| How is Xerxes able to flank (go around) the Greeks holding the pass? | He discovers a trail that goes around the mountain and allows him to come up behind the Greeks |
| Why can’t all the Greek troops retreat? | The enemy will notice the retreat |
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