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Battle of Marathon by Brian Palmer. The Battle of Marathon 490 BC during the Persian Greek Wars. King Darious I of Persia sent his son in law Mardonius to invade Greece in 492 BC. The Persian Forces conquered Thrace and Macedonia before their fleet was devastated by a storm. Mardonia was forced to return to Asia. A second Persian invasion force crossed the Aegean sea. After conquering Eretria, the Persian Army under Datis (15,000 strong) landed near Marathon. (Marathon is 24 miles northeast of Athens.) General Miltiades, general in the Greek army gathered a force of 10,000 Athenians and 1,000 Plataean citizen Soldiers. |
Battle of Salamis, 23rd September 480BC by Wilhelm von Kaulbach. Themistocles had chosen the narrow waters at the entrance to the bay well. The Persians could not bring their larger fleet to bear on the smaller Greek fleet and due to the design and manoeuverability of the Greek Triremes, the Greek fleet sailed down the right channel next to Salamis and turned to ram the Persian fleet as it entered the bay. The Persian captains tried frantically to turn their ships but their oars became entangled and the turning manoeuvre caused the ships to run into each other. The Greek Triremes were able to ram the leading Persian ships, disengage and ram again. This was a great victory for Themistocles who lost only 70 ships from his fleet of 380 Triremes, compared to the loss of over 600 ships from the Persian fleet of over 1,000. |
Prelude to Thermopylae by Ivan Berryman. In 480 BC the Spartans tried to defend the pass at Thermopylae against the Persians led by Xerxes. The Persian fleet had sailed along the coastline from northern Greece into the Gulf of Malia on the eastern Aegean Sea towards the mountains at Thermopylae. The Greek General and King Leonidas led the Greeks and tried to defend the pass of Thermopylae. All the defending Spartans were killed during the Battle of Thermopylae. Their defence and courage provided inspiration to the Greeks, and the following year the Greeks won battles against their old enemy the Persians. |
Dust and Bone by Ivan Berryman. Spartan Warriors, hailing from ancient Greece, epitomized military excellence. Rigorously trained from youth they became a formidable force embodying courage, discipline and unwavering loyalty to the state. |
The Battle of Thermopylae by Brian Palmer. Depicting the last stand of the 300 Spartans who fought to the death against an overwhelming Persian Army. |
The Gathering Storm by Ivan Berryman. Lysander's vision for Sparta differed from most Spartans; he wanted to overthrow the Athenian Empire and replace it with Spartan hegemony In 405 BC, following the severe Spartan defeat at the Battle of Arginusae, Lysander, the commander who had been responsible for the first Spartan naval successes, was reinstated in command |
Leonidas by Ivan Berryman. Leonidas, the Spartan king, etched his name into history through unwavering courage. As the epitome of braverym he stood against the invading Persian army at the pass of Thermopylae in central Greece. Leading a small band of Greek allies, Leonidas valiantly defended the narrow passage, where Xerxes' massive army sought to invade Greece. |
Alexander the Great by Ivan Berryman. When Alexander led his combined Macedonian and Greek army across the Dardanelles and into Asia he began the greatest career of military conquest in world history. In eleven short years he overcame the might of the Persian Empire and campaigned across the face of most of the known world. |
The Wrath by Ivan Berryman. Spartan warriors were known for their long hair and red cloaks. Their constant military drilling and discipline honed their skills in the ancient Greek style of combat, particularly in the phalanx formation. |
Men of Sparta by Ivan Berryman. The Spartan army stood at the centre of the Spartan state, citizens trained in the disciplines and honour of a warrior society. Subjected to military drills since early manhood, the Spartans became one of the most feared and formidable military forces in the Greek world, attaining legendary status in their wars against Persia. At the height of Sparta's power – between the 6th and 4th centuries BC – other Greeks commonly accepted that: one Spartan was worth several men of any other state. |
So It Begins by Ivan Berryman. In 483/2 BC the Athenian statesman Themistocles used his political skills and influence to persuade the Athenian assembly to start the construction of 200 triremes. Athens was at that time embroiled in a conflict with the neighbouring island of Aegina, who possessed a formidable navy. |
Hoplite Warfare Warfare in Ancient Greece. The mighty armoured warriors at the heart of Greek legend were the famous Hoplites. Fighting shoulder to shoulder, armed with their long thrusting spears and colourful shields, these were the men who dominated the battlefields of the ancient world during the conflicts of the Peloponnesian Wars. In 450 BC war erupted between the two great powers of ancient Greece, the Athenians and the Spartans. By the time the war had finished, the army, navy and city of Athens would be in ruins. Featuring extraordinary reconstruction footage and the views of leading academic experts, this DVD examines the tactics and strategies of Hoplite Warfare and offers a unique insight into the battles of ancient Greece. Narrated by Bob Sessions, Special comment from Brian Blessed |
The Greek and Persian Wars The bitter conflict between the Greek states and Persia. This is the story of the bloody conflicts between the Greeks and the Persians which lasted for more than fifty years in the fourth century BC. It includes the famous battle of Marathon, a victory which has echoed down the years, and Thermopylae, where the Spartans made a heroic defence of the pass. The running battles did not cease until 449BC, when the Persians finally gave up hope of annexing Greece. Packed full of impressive reconstructions and battle depictions, this DVD also features a host of top experts in the field of ancient and classical history, and a special appearance from actor Brian Blessed, an enthusiastic student of the Greek-Persian conflicts. |
Troy - Myth or Reality? How much is truth, how much myth, in the strange world, reminiscent of Middle earth, which Homer created in the Iliad? What really happened more than three thousand years ago during the Trojan Wars? Did the beguilingly beautiful Helen of Troy actually live? Can she really have fallen in love with Paris, the son of the King of Troy, supposedly the most handsome man of his time? Could the people of Troy possibly have fallen for the trick of the great wooden horse? The story of the siege of Troy is an irresistible combination of myth and legend. but how much of this extraordinary story is spliced with fact? It is time to ask the question - what really happened... was Troy myth or reality? |
Leonidas at Thermopylae by Jacques Louis David 1748-1825 (GL) No text for this item |
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