Persian War and Themistocles
Persian War and Themistocles -Lived in a tyranny under Darius (the Great King) -If Persia conquests Athens, the Athenian's way of life would be changed forever -During the first Persian war, Athenians were outnumbered 2:1 on the battlefield, however, they were able to kill 6,000 Persians and defeat them -After the first win, Themistocles was paranoid that the Persians might come back to fight the Athenians again, this time, stronger. -To defeat the Persians, Themistocles created the trireme which was a special ship used to destroy enemy ships, it was expensive to make but luckily, the Greeks had a vein of silver in their land that could be used for the building -After Darius' death, Xerxes rose to the thrown and vowed to destroy Athens -Xerxes created one of the strongest armies in the world at that time with almost 2 million soldiers -During the second war, Athenians were evacuated and sent to Troezen and Salamis -The Greeks won this war by having a fake Greek traitor...
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