Battle of Thermopylae

“ We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; but the real tragedy is when men are afraid of the light.” - Plato. The Spartans focused on so much on war, strength, and darkness so they’re education program was very weak. Because of this boys and men had no freedom, they were kept in training since age 7, and other than that they were focused on training. They were not well and were starved as part of their training. That is why I believe the strengths of Spartan education did not

I.) The battle of Marathon took place during the first Persian invasion of Greece. The invasion was launched by the Persian ruler King Darius who wanted to subjugate the people of ancient Greece. II.) This was an extremely important victory for ancient Greece. It was the first time they were able to defeat the Persians and gave them confidence that they could hold off the invasion of the mighty Persian forces. III.) Many historians regard the Greek victory at Marathon as one of the most important

Imagine you are 7 and you go train for 14-15 years. You are bound to be strong, just like the spartan army. They held tens of thousands of persians with only a few hundred spartan men. If you didn’t know, sparta is a very strong city state in Greece. Sparta was known for a lot of things, but the most known thing was their army. They had one of the strongest army in the world. In this essay, I will tell you three reasons, strength, cunning, and respect, why the spartan strengths outweighed the weaknesses

leaders in the movie “300: Rise of an Empire” but they do have their share of differences. Themistokles is the leader of the Greek army while Xerxes is the leader of the Persian army. Thermistokles army consisted of warriors that lived to fight battles while Xerxes army consisted of everyday citizens such as craftsman. Xerxes was a leader that was not caring of his men and would continue fighting knowing that many were dying off while Themistokles was the complete opposite and would actually care

The Battle of Marathon One of the most significant battles in antiquity was fought on the narrow, tree strewn plain of Marathon, in September, 490 BC. There, the Athenian army defeated a Persian force more than twice its size, because of superior leadership, training and equipment. The battle of Marathon has provided inspiration to the underdogs throughout history. In 490 BC, the Athenians proved that superior strategy, and technology can claim victory over massive numbers. In 646 BC the

used this to his advantage. He honestly thought that he could have a big impact on the city of Athens and maybe even the entire world. He have thought this way because, “His father Xanthippus had himself been a military commander for Athens at the battle of Mycale in 479 B.C. Pericles name in Greek means 'Surrounded by Glory' and as is evident that was certainly to come true for Pericles was he became an influential statesman for Athens during The Peloponnesian War until his death in 429B.C.”

from the earliest primitive battles to the latest technologies. The only way to learn about war is to study the past engagements and lessons learned. There are nine principles of war as follows: Objective, Offensive, Mass, Economy of force, Maneuver, Unity of command, Security, Surprise, and Simplicity. These are the areas of study in order to gain a better understanding of what to do and what to avoid during any engagement.      The battles from yesterday differ from those

Century BC a new era of warfare strategy evolved. Before this new strategy, foot soldiers (known as hoplites) engaged in battle in the form of one mob for each army which on the command of their generals runs at each other and proceeds to hack blindly at the enemy with little to no direction other then to kill the enemy in front of them. This proved to be very messy and the tide of battle depended mostly on emotion and size of an army. In the name of strategy and organization, the phalanx was developed

bodies while learning about many different things that pertain to and can help him in his own life such as revenge, trauma, violence, forgiveness, family, and betrayal. A scene in the middle of the novel where Zits is in the body of a young boy at the Battle of the Little Bighorn reveals to the reader (and Zits) one of the things that had the biggest effect on Zits-revenge. Zits sees in this scene how revenge in general, and his personal revenge by shooting the people in the bank, just cause more pain

William Wilkins Course Title July 18, 2017 Everest The movie Everest is a climbing expedition and adventure that involves a commercial climbing guide named Rob. A group of climbers employed Rob to take them to the summit of Mount Everest. Rob’s team includes a mail carrier, a past climber, and a journalist among others. Rob is very passionate about his profession and values the confidence of each climber. Furthermore, this was apparent when he leaves his expectant wife back home in