Chapter 4: Life in Ancient Greco-Roman Civilization
Relations with Other People
The Persian Wars (490-479 BC):
A Reasons of the Wars
1 Greek population increased
2
3
.
City-states set up
colonies
along the coast of the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea from about 750 BC.
Persians
wanted to get Greek colonies.
B
Name of the battles
The Battle of Marathon
The Battle of Thermopylae
The Battle of Salamis
Year
490 BC
480 BC
479 BC
Place
Route
Marathon
Persians attacked Greeks by
sea
Course
Result
Remarks
(Greece)
route.
Pheidippides
won.
(Greece)
Persians attacked Greeks by
land
Persians invaded Greek colonies,
Athenians
fought back.
Athenians
Thermopylae
route.
Athens to tell people about the victory, he
ran 42 km, and the Marathon race is
held to remember him.
(Greece)
-Persians attacked Greeks by sea .
-Persians and Greeks fought in
Persians attacked Greece, Spartans Persians attacked
Athens
led the Greeks to fight back.
and Athenians fought back.
- Persians
won
-Persians took Athens
burnt it.
ran from Marathon to
Salamis
- Athenians
sea .
again
won.
and
Persians
again.
never attacked Greek