CLCV 1003 Lecture Notes - Apella, Trireme, Hoplite
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First persian war: darius : darius was the king of persia during the war, artaphernes : he was one of the two men in charge of the second persian expedition, datis : datis was the second man in charge of the second persian exposition, attica : a historical region in greece with athens being the capital, plataea : a city located in greece, they helped he athenians during the fist persian was, marathon : the attack on the city of marathon was the first persian attack of the first persian war, the greek army was defeated, hoplite : they were greek soldiers, primarily armed with a spear and a shields, pheidippides : he is a hero of ancient greece, he is the courriur that was sent to sparta asking for their help, callimachus : one of the generals that leading the athenian army, miltiades : one of the two generals leading the athenian army.