They destroyed their fleet at Salamis. As a result, the Persians had to send half their army back home as they could not be fed in the upcoming winter in such a poor country as Greece without the navy to protect the supply ships from Asia Minor.

Related Essays:

  1. How were the Jews troubled by the wars of the Hellenistic age
  2. Which invasion was the battle at thermopylae a part of
  3. What kind of troubles did they present for the Roman government
  4. What defences did the ancient Romans use
  5. What were Alexander the Great’s tactics to wining wars
  6. Did the rulers of Aksum converted to Islam during the fourth century
  7. What do ancient wars mean to us
  8. Who ruled the Persians at the time of the decisive battle of Marathon in 490 BCE
  9. What were the 3 causes of the Peloponnesian war
  10. Who was the king who led Spartans into thermopylae

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *