Here are my notes from today:
- Athens had a great infantry but their navy was very powerful
- Most effective weapon was the trireme
- technological marvel
- fastest ship in the world at that time
- powered by up to 170 men on 3 levels
- could be used as a bettering ram
- agile, fast
- The phalanx
- close rank defense grouping of warriors
- armed with long spears and interlocking shields
- advance slowly toward enemy unit they broke through their enemy
- Persian Wars
- Persians have a huge army, near unlimited resources
- Greece is a lot smaller
- Greek Army:
- iron weapons
- foot soldiers (hoplites) trained from an early age
- armed with spears, swords, and shields
- Phalanx formation
- home field advantage
- motivated to preserve democracy
- Persian Army:
- first archers (damage from a distance)
- cavalry (disrupt communication between general and soldiers)
- lightly armored infantry (carried spear, sword, and bow)
- huge numbers
- long way from home
- professional army (soldiers for hire/mercenaries)
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