CLAS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: The Persians

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 1000
• Professor: John Walsh

Document Summary

Fundamental deep differences in basic moral views. They see their win as a sense of athenian superiority, and a win for their sense of ruling/living. Other parts of his empire started to show their independence as well. 480: xerxes, the son, inherited the throne. He wanted to finish his fathers task of invading the athenians. Xerxes put together an army of over 1,000,000 men, composed of over 46 different nationalities. Amongst the million, he brings 10,000 immortals, their elite troops. The greeks meet in a place called corinth 481 bc. They gather to get along; this has become difficult for them due to their new independence. They gather because of the exterior threat. 700-1000 polis, 70 of them agreed to stand together to fight the persians. Some only agreed to join if they were still allowed to fight each other at the same time. The spartan are responsible for the bulk of the fighting on land.