Battle of Thermopylae
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
BATTLE OF THERMOPYLEA
THE LAST STAND OF THE 300 SPARTANS (BY PHOENIXX C.)
IMPORTANT PEOPLE
PEOPLE WHO AFFECTED THE BATTLE
LEONIDAS
SPARTAN KING (ARMY LEADER)
Xerxes
PERSIAN EMPEROR
Themistocles
POLITICIAN (NAVY LEADER)
WEAPONS
DORY (GREECE)
DOUBLE SIDED SPEAR (FIRST CHOICE WEAPON)
XIPHOS (GREECE)
DUAL EDGED BLADE (SECOND CHOICE WEAPON)
BOW & ARROW (PERSIA)
ARMOR
PERSIAN ARMOR
LIGHT INFANTRY (LEFT) IMMORTAL (RIGHT)
LAMELLAR (GREECE)
THIS ARMOR HAS 4 DIFFERENT LAYERS
CORINTHIAN HELMET
HOPLON
2 LAYERED SHIELD
War Strategies
PERSIAN ARCHERS
THESE ARCHERS WERE THE FIRST TO ATTCK
SPARTAN PHALANX
SOLDIERS LINED UP SIDE BY SIDE
INTIMIDATION
THE SPARTANS CHEERED BEFORE BATTLE
BUMP
THE PHALANXES WOULD REPEATEDLY BUMP & RELEASE
FACTS
GREEK AMOUNT
300 SPARTANS & 1,100 OTHER GREEKS
PERSIAN AMOUNT
INCLUDED MORE THAN 20,000
THERE WOULDN'T BE A BATTLE,
IF THEMISTOCLES DID NOT LIE TO HIS COUNTRY
NAVY COUNT
AROUND 9,000 ROWERS IN TOTAL (GREECE)
NAVY COUNT
AROUND 40,000 ROWERS (PERSIA)
