Throughout history, many great figures possessing extraordinary qualities have reshaped the past and have manipulated historical events. Such an example is Themistocles. Themistocles, thriving from 524-459 BCE, was an Athenian politician who was renowned by many as a great leader who obtained intellect, courage and integrity. Also known as being the saviour of Greece, the profound individual believed that the entirety of the human political experience could be reduced to symmetry and order. In order
Themistocles contribution to the defence of Greece was more significant than any other Greek individual. To what extent do you agree? Themistocles, an Athenian statesman, general, politician and naval tactician. He was crucial to the Greek’s victory in the Persian Wars, and was one of the central persons that lead to Greece’s survival. (Burn, 2016) (Cartwright, 2016) His contribution towards Greece was more than that of any other individual, however, there are others that had a significance throughout
Athenian Democracy Reformation In “Constitution of Athens,” Chapters 23-29, Aristotle relates the roles of Ephialtes, Themistokles and Pericles in the reformation of the Areopagus and democracy during the fifth century BCE. The reforms initiated by these men shaped democracy in Athens and greatly influenced democracy as we now know it. The Areopagus was the ruling body of Athens in pre-classical times, which consisted of a council of aristocratic Athenian elders who had previously held the position
Some say Themistocles was the most successful general in ancient and some say he was just another one of those successful public figures. All in all he had many, many successful events in his life. Now you might be wondering who this Themistocles really is? Well let’s start with his background. Themistocles was a man like any other man in ancient Greece, power hungry, strong, and a lover of life. Themistocles was a powerful general and politician who fought in the battles of Marathon, Thermopylae
To what extent was the role and significance of Themistocles in the Persian Wars? Themistocles significant role within the Persian War was a key factor to the Greeks success. The Greeks were outnumbered in naval and land forces, but Themistocles’s prevailing intelligence, strategies and leadership ensured Greeks success against Persia. Themistocles’s intelligence lead actions that greatly affected the outcome of the war. His intelligences to propose investment in Athens for future naval resources
of Themistocles in the Greek Defeat of the Persians in 480 - 479 BC. At the beginning of the 5th century BC, the Persian Empire extended from modern day India to western Turkey and as far south as Egypt. The Persian ruler, Xerxes, fuelled by his father Darius' past defeats, vowed to extend the empire further west into the lands of Greece though was unsuccessful. His failure is largely attributed to the foresight and strategies of a respectable, wealthy Athenian citizen, Themistocles. Themistocles'
Themistocles was an Athenian politician who was an archon in 493 BCE. While he was an archon, he helped strengthen the Athenian navy. He later became a military commander during the Persian invasion of Greece. At the Battle of Salamis in 480 BCE, Themistocles convinced the Greek forces to stay together to fight the Persians. Ultimately, he commanded the Athenian navy and other Greek forces to a victory against the Persians. After several more years in Athens, the tide of public opinion turned against
Also, he realizes they cannot do this alone. Themistocles offers a unification policy on Athenian Agora: The Delian League. Persians have enemies on Balkans and Anatolia but why Themistocles did not add them his list? Themistocles started the negotiations between Greek city states and Athens after the declaration of the military unification against Persians and he saw the cultural similarities
the result of the Greek losses at both Artemisium and Thermopylae. Themistocles, commander of the Greek army, decided to put his ships in at the Bay of Salamis in order to allow the Greek citizens to evacuate Attica, a region of Ancient Greece which included Athens, because the Persians were approaching quite rapidly. There was lots of debate between all of the Greek military leaders about whether they should go with Themistocles plan or not. Luckily, they went with it because who knows what would
The Battle of Salamis and The Battle of Plataea. These battles also saw the contributions of many key individuals, which lead to the victory of the Greeks in the ends as well as the rise of the Greek navy. These Key individuals included Leonidas, Themistocles, Eurybiades and Pausanias. They all had major roles and all contributed differently through out the Persian invasions leading to the victory of the Greeks of the
without more bloodshed. You see Themistocles knew that the Persian threat would return to seek vengeance on their defeat. This made Themistocles realize that the Persians would not underestimate the Athenians a second time. They could not afford to; the Persian reputation was on the line. Themistocles used his newfound political power to convince the other leaders to use the money found from a new silver mine to invest in ships for the upcoming battle. Themistocles knew another land defense would
An American mathematician Harold Calvin Marston Morse, formulated a famous theory which stands as one of the landmarks of 20th century mathematics, and generated tremendous strides in variational analysis and in other related fields (Themistocles. M, 1983, p. 3). He is best known for his work on the calculus of variations where he introduced the technique in the field of global analysis, now known as Morse Theory. His theory concerned with the algebraic topology, the Betti numbers which used to distinguish
when the Athenians were evacuated to Salamis, Themistocles had devised a plan to trick the Persians which had resulted in Persian army without a supply line. Sparta?s importance had revealed during their sacrifice at Thermopylae and at Plataea, where they provided the most effective part of the army. Athens was an important contributor to the Persian wars. Its tremendous naval power along with their smart and innovative leaders, Miltiades and Themistocles, brought victory in situations which had thought
away from the strait of Salamis and to move by land to isthmus (Hanson, 2001). Artemisia knew the Athenian Naval General Themistocles possessed great naval experience, and combined with the Spartan Navy could potentially win a major victory at Salamis. Unfortunately, Xerxes was too anxious to conquer the Greeks and disregarded his top naval commander’s warning. Themistocles knew that the only chance the Greeks had to survive was to fight Xerxes’ Navy in the narrow strait where his massive naval
Herodotus, Xerxes failed due to his personal hubris, fear, and general ineptitude. He further believed that it was God’s decree. More pragmatic reasons would include strategy; the Persian’s plans were generally sound – the Greeks, with the genius of Themistocles, just did one better. Timing was also a factor – winter came on all too soon. Key to all of this was the war of morale – one which the Greeks decisively won. Luck, too, played its part, but it was relative incompetence of the Persian troops which
The Persian attack was a defeat of the first Persian invasion of Greece. which had been finished. by the victory at the battle of Marathon in 490 BC. Xerxes had a huge army and navy, and sent it out to take over all of Greece. The Greek general Themistocles had said that the romans should block the Persian army at the pass of Thermopylae, and also block the Persian navy at the beginning of thermopylae.
would “pinch” the spartans into submission by attacking them on both sides of the pass. However, 200 Greek warships were sent to dispel of the Persian sneak attack (Video 9:20.) The warships were lead by Themistocles who was a Athenian politician and a military commander. If Leonidas or Themistocles were to fail in protecting the pass, Thousands of Athenians would become enslaved or killed along with many other Greek city states (Video
one fighting force that was fighting for a common cause. One of the main leaders throughout the entire war was Themistocles, a politician from Athens who was a born leader and would lead the Greeks to victory. Before the Battle of Salamis took place, many of the Greek generals wanted to leave the area, thinking that the narrow pass into Salamis was not worth defending; however, Themistocles used his talent of public speaking to keep the Greeks at salamis, saying: “If these men sail away from Salamis
The Greco-Persian Wars In the 6th century BCE, the city-states that existed on mainland Greek and the surrounding islands, were threatened by the Persian Empire, who came from the area that is now Iran. As the Persians expanded their empire westwards, they eventually encountered the city-states that existed on the west coast of Asia Minor. These city-states had been trading with the Greek city states for some time, and were eventually conquered by the encroaching Persian expansion in 546 BCE. In
In the historical era of this film, the Persians began to expand west towards Greece (“Making Europe” 80). Once the Persians had reached the Greeks, a series of conflicts between the two had arisen (“Making Europe” 80). It is told in Making Europe, “The first conflict between the Greeks and Persia began… when the Ionian Greek cities…revolted against the Persian King Darius” (80). After this, Darius decided to build up an army to attack the mainland Greeks (“Making Europe” 80). This attack on Greece