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| Persian Wars | conflict between Persia and Greece in the 5th century BCE. |
| Delian League | was an alliance of Greek-city states led by Athens formed in 478 BCE; goal was to liberate all Greek land taken by Persia. |
| Peloponnesian War | conflict between Greece allies Athens and Sparta starting in 460-446 BCE later 431-446 BCE |
| Peace of Nicias | in 421 was the signed treaty to end the Archimedian War; named after the Athenian negotiator Nicias |
| Peloponnesian League | an alliance of greek-city states led by Sparta (550-366 BCE) |
| Pericles | (495-429 BCE) was a Greek statesman and General during the Golden Age of Athens; led an Athenian force but couldn't gain the upper hand had to make a truce. |
| Alcibiades | (450-404 BCE), was an Athenian politician and Comander that helped cause Athen's defeat against Sparta. |
| Darius I | ruled Persia around 522-486 BCE. Suffered great loss at Marathon |
| Marathon | in 490 BCE, the battle where Darius loss his nephew. Miltiades led the greeks with heavy infantry agianst persian long range weapons |
| Xerxes | ruled 486-465 BCE was the sucessor of King Darius; sent the invasion in Thermopylae. |
| Leonidas | was the Spartan King that a small group of soldiers to repel the Persians in the Battle of Thermopylae |
| Thermopylae | in 480 BCE, King Xerxes sent an invasion force to pass in Thermopylae. It was also where Spartan King Leonidas held off the Persians until his demise. |
| Salamis | september 480 BCE, at Salamis in the Sarconic gulf 500 Persian ships faced 300 Greek ships. Thermistocles led the attack and had the plan to trap the fleet in narrow straits. |
| Artemesium | august 480 BCE, was a naval battle that remained inconclusive |
| Platea | Â Xerxes left General Mardonius in charge of the invasion. The two amies met in Boetia on 479 BCEÂ where the Greeks won with their superior Army tactics. |
| Alexander the Great | was a macedonian ruler that was on the most greatest military minds in history; conqured multiple countries |
| Themistocles | (524-460 BCE) was an Athenian general; Led against the battle of Salamis displaying showing great Greek military tactics. |
| Miltiades | (555-489 BCE) was an Athenian general; Led against the Persians in the Battle of Marathon, where he developed his own tactic to defeat Darius's invasion. |
| Philip (II) of Macedon | Alexander's Father; the previous king of Macedon and a sucessful commander. |
| Chaeronea | was the first noted battle of Alexandr's military prowess; was only 18 when he fought. |
| Issus | Â in 333 BCE Alexander was encoutered by an army led by King Darius III which led to loss |
| Darius III | ruled in 336-330 BCE was the last king to rule Persia; abandoned his family after the loss at Issus. |
| Gaugamela | the last battle between Alexander and Darius III; led to the death of Darius due to lack of military experience |
| Plato | student of Socrates and Teacher of Aristotle; Founder of a Greek Academy. |
| Aeschylus | the first classical dramatist in Athens; raised the emerging art of tragedy to great heights of poetry and theatrical power. |
| Sophocles | one of the most celebrated tragedy writer in 5th century BCE; known for his work Oedipus Rex |
| Euripides | last of the three tragedy writer in the 5th century; known for his work medea |
| Herodotus | father of History in 5th century Greece; naitive to Halicarnassus |
| Thucydides | one of the great historian he wrote about the 30 year war between Sparta and Athens |
| Socrates | father of Philosophy in 5th century BCE |
| Aristotle | was a greek philosopher and scientist, created the scientific frame work of western thinking; student of Plato |
| Aegispotomai | in 405 BCE a naval battle between Sparta and Athens; final battle of the Pelopennesian War |
