Overview
There is probably no country, and/or continent on this planet called Earth, that has never had a war. The country and/or continent includes Greece. Below are some videos, pictures, and information about wars that happened in a place that is now called Greece! The wars Greece faced are terribly gruesome, but exhibit so much problem solving, about problems faced. For example, if something were to go wrong there would always be some problem solving done, that would change/ create a giant twist on the war.... Have fun!
|
Great Ancient war:
*Skip to 5:35 in the video to get information about the Persian War
Wars Alexander the great PARTICIPATED in!
THe Battle of granicus
There was a battle called the battle of Granicus between Macedonian king Alexander the Great and armies of the Persian Empire at the Granicus River in Asia Minor. When Alexander started his war against the Persians in the spring of 334 BCE, he was met at the Granicus by an army of Persian soldiers and Greek hoplites. The Persian force stationed itself at the top of a steep bank on the opposite side of the river. The Persian plan was to concentrate their attack upon Alexander in the hope he might be killed, but Alexander led a successful charge across the river and routed them. According to tradition, Alexander lost only 110 soldiers.
|
|
The Battle of isuss!
The war of Granicus fought in 333 BCE between Macedonian king Alexander the Great and Persian king Darius III during Alexander's conquest of the Persian Empire. After invading northern Syria, Alexander left his wounded soldiers in a camp in the city of Issus, directing the remainder of his army southward in search of Darius's armies. At the same time, Darius moved his army up from the south. In a maze of Syrian mountains, the two armies passed each other. Darius discovered Alexander's camp at Issus and fought the wounded Macedonian soldiers. After Alexander found himself cut off from communication with the north, he returned to Issus and defeated Darius's army. Darius fled to Babylonia, leaving Syria, Palestine, and Egypt open for conquest by Alexander. In the image next to this battle summary you can see the two regions at war.
|
The Battle of Tyre!
Next, was the battle of Tyre; To reach Tyre from the Phoenician shore, half a mile away, Alexander constructed a bridge like device guarded by towers. But as the the bridge like item neared the island, Tyrians bombarded the workers with stones and arrows, forcing Alexander to adopt a knew plan. On ships collected from other Phoenician cities, Alexander's engineers mounted siege machines-catapults and iron-headed battering rams. The ships pounded the wall until a weak spot collapsed. Here, shielded from a rain of burning arrows by a hide tent, the Macedonians reached shore and droped a long gangplank to carry them over the rubble. After desperate hand-to-hand combat, Tyre fell and Alexander closed this main base of the Persian fleet, winning control of the eastern Mediterranean after the longest battle of his life. They massacred 8,000 Tyrians and sold 30,000 into slavery.
|
battle of gaugamela!
The armies of Alexander the Great and the Persian monarch Darius III, fought in 331 BC. The Persian defeat opened the East to the Macedonians. Alexander, with 40,000 infantry and 7000 cavalry, invaded Persia from Egypt. The Persian army assembled about 250,000 men on the plain of Gaugamela, in what is now Iraq. Alexander attacked the Persian left flank and then broke through their center. Darius fled and the Persians retreated. The Persians lost tens of thousands of men in the battle, and the Macedonians lost fewer than 500.
|
Other key wars!
peloponnesian war
![Picture](/uploads/4/9/7/3/49739863/413261310.jpg?353)
At the time when the conflict for this war began, Pericles was the acknowledged leader. He got elected again and again for 30 years, as one of the Athenian generals. When Pericles thought that his city was better prepared than ever before, he started a war. The walls that went from Athens to Piraeus (the port of Athens), being 4 miles long, were thought to be so strong that whatever happened on land, Athens could get supplies from the sea and wear down the Spartans.
In 431 B.C., the Spartans came into Attica, as expected, and burned the earth behind them. Refugees came rushing into the city, and watched their homes go up in smoke, from behind the walls. The year after this tragedy happened, a plague spread all around the city. Unfortunately, this was a misfortune that Pericles had not foreseen. He himself died, becoming a victim of the plague, along with one-third of the population. Because of the loss of soldiers, Athens tried to stop the fighting by talking with the Spartans, but the Spartans saw no reason to bargain with Athens being in such a state.
The greatest disaster happened in 413 B.C., when the Athenians decided to send an armada against Syracuse in Sicily (Archimedes' birthplace), which was an ally of
Sparta. With 27,000 men on board, and 134 triremes, the Athenians went ahead and made their decision come to life. The Syracusans were ready with lots of men. They sank most of the Athenian fleet, and took thousands of hostages.
Finally, in 404 B.C., Athens waved their white flag for peace and agreed to tear down the walls, limit its fleet to 12 ships, and give its foreign policy to Sparta.
In 431 B.C., the Spartans came into Attica, as expected, and burned the earth behind them. Refugees came rushing into the city, and watched their homes go up in smoke, from behind the walls. The year after this tragedy happened, a plague spread all around the city. Unfortunately, this was a misfortune that Pericles had not foreseen. He himself died, becoming a victim of the plague, along with one-third of the population. Because of the loss of soldiers, Athens tried to stop the fighting by talking with the Spartans, but the Spartans saw no reason to bargain with Athens being in such a state.
The greatest disaster happened in 413 B.C., when the Athenians decided to send an armada against Syracuse in Sicily (Archimedes' birthplace), which was an ally of
Sparta. With 27,000 men on board, and 134 triremes, the Athenians went ahead and made their decision come to life. The Syracusans were ready with lots of men. They sank most of the Athenian fleet, and took thousands of hostages.
Finally, in 404 B.C., Athens waved their white flag for peace and agreed to tear down the walls, limit its fleet to 12 ships, and give its foreign policy to Sparta.