The Persian Wars

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The Persian Wars
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Maps
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Greece and Asia Minor
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Persian Empire
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Persian Empire
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Map of Greece and Colonies
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Marathon and Thermopylae
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• Panoply (Armor and Weapons) of the Greek Hoplite

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Corslet, or Cuirass
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Corslet, Rear
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Muscled Cuirass
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Corinthian Helmet With Plume
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Corinthian Helmet
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Bell Cuirass and Helmet
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Hoplon. Hoplite Shield
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Hoplon Inside
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Hoplon With Aegis of Athena Head of Gorgon
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Hoplon. Front and Back
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Greaves
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Spear Heads
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• Hoplite Warfare. Shock Combat in Phalanx
  Formation

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Spear, Sword, and Full Panoply
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Phalanx Tactics Crash, Stab, Push
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Spartan Hoplite
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Athenian Hoplite
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Persian Immortal
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Greek Hoplite Vs. Persian
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Hoplite Phalanx
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Hoplite Storm. Jacques Martel
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Hoplite Unleashed. Jacques Martel
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Hoplite Phalanx
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Persian Envoy Leaves
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• Battles
• Marathon. 490 BC
• Thermopylae. 480 BC
• Salamis. 480 BC
• Plataea. 479 BC

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Route of Darius
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Miltiades. Strategos of 10,000 Athenians and
1000 Plataeans at Marathon
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Hoplites
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Persians at Marathon. Note Weaker Armor and
Weapons
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Tomb of Plataeans at Marathon
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Burial Mound at Marathon
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Leonidas. Spartan Strategos at ThermopylaeThe
Persian Greek King, Xerxes, Sent a Message to
Leonidas. Give Us Your Weapons, and Live.
Leonidas Sent a Return Message Molon Labe
Come Get Them
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Thermopylae. Persians Foreground
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Battle at Thermopylae
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Monument at Thermoplyae. Stranger Passing By,
Tell the Spartans That Here We Lie, In Obedience
to Their Laws.
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Themistocles. Athenian Commander Who Destroyed
Persian Fleet at Salamis
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Battle at Salamis
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Greek TriremeLight, Fast, Maneuverable
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Greek Trireme
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Pausanias. Spartan Strategos of Allied Greeks at
Plataea
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Who Did What at Plataea?
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Plataea. 479. Greeks South.
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Plataea Now
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Mourning Greek Warrior
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Marines. Modern Hoplites
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• Saepius Exertus Often Tested
• Semper Fidelis Always Faithful
• Frater Infinitas Brothers Forever

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Panoply of American Hoplites
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Body Armor
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Full Panoply
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Temple at Delphi
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Favorite Gods
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Apollo. Far Shooter. Sun god. God of Musicians
and Poets. The Ideal of Manly Beauty.
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Athena From Aegina
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Athena
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Athena Defeats the Giant
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Athena
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Athena Promachus
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Mourning Athena
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Athena
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Athena
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Apollo. His Arrows Bring Messages From the
Other Side