THE MILITARY OF ANCIENT GREECE

PERSIAN WAR

• Persians wanted a larger empire and control over trade
• Attacked by sea
• There were a few persian invasions but they all failed

PELOPONNESIAN WAR

• Started because of fear of Athens growing power
• At first Athens was the stronger side
• By the end of the war Sparta was victorious
• Athens would never be that powerful again

ROMAN WARS

• Romans try to conquer sicily
• Greeks try to help the carthaginians
• Rome gets mad at greece
• By 146 BC greece is a roman province

THE HOPLITE

• The basic greek infantry man
• Had to buy own armor and weapons
• Spearman swordsman
• Archer/missile units
• Spartans trained at young age

THE NAVY

• Greece had a strong navy
• They used large long ships called galleys
• The navy came in handy in the persian invasions

SIEGE AND DEFENCE

• The greeks had
• Siege towers and rams
• Rode elephants into war
• They even had flame throwers!