Warfare

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Trojan War Peloponnesian War Persian War

__//The Greeks were involved in 3 main wars.//__



The Trojan war



 * The Trojan War was a war between Greece and Troy. This war had started over a beautiful queen, Helen of Sparta. All of the Greek kings had wanted to marry her. She had married Menelaus. Aphrodite had promised her to Paris, the prince of Troy. Eventually Helen eloped with Paris to Troy. After many years of Agamemnon trying to siege the city he had finally thought of a plan. He would build a wooden horse, and keep many soldiers in it. The people of Troy had brought it into their city as a symbol of luck. During the night, they had attacked the people of Troy. Greece had won and killed all of the men and made the women and children slaves.**

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 The Peloponnesian War



 * The Peloponnesian War began in 431 B.C. and lasted until 404 B.C. The war was caused because the Spartans were fearing the growth of Athens power. The war was paused in 421 B.C. with the signing of a treaty, Peace of Nicias. This treaty was broken and war broke out again. In 415 B.C. an Athens army went to attack Syracuse in Sicily. The attack had failed and the entire army died. After a few years Sparta was getting support from Persia. The spartan fleet had destroyed the Athenian navy so the people of Athens couldn't communicate or import grain. They had eventually attacked and destroyed them. Within a year the empire of Athens surrendered.**

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The Persian War **
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 * The** **Pers****ian war took place in the 5th century B.C. The Persians had a huge army and wanted Greece in it. The army that was going to invade Greece for the first time was led by King Darius in 490 B.C. but failed. The next invasion was in 480-479 B.C. led by Xerxes. This time they defeated the Persians and that had expanded the rule of the Greeks.**

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