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What were the traditional 
battle formations used in 
warfare? 
 Individual combats 
 Group ambush but no 
organized formation
Greek 
Hoplites 
(c. 650BCE) 
HOPLITE FORMATION: 
 Greek generals trained their soldiers to fight in 
lines, shoulder to shoulder. 
 In this way each man was protected by the shield 
of the man standing next to him. 
 When they all marched forward together, no 
enemy spears or arrows could get through their 
wall of shields (hoplite formation was like a 
“scrum” in a rugby match)
What would determine the success 
and effectiveness of the hoplite 
phalanx formation? 
 Soldiers had to be well trained and 
equipped with correct armour, 
shield and helmet (spear and 
sword) 
 Soldiers had to be brave to hold the 
line. If anyone started to run away, 
the whole line would fall apart 
 Intense training and preparation to 
perfect formation was required
Effects of the 
Hoplite Phalanx 
 new emphasis on the importance of each ordinary soldier 
(instead of just the aristocratic heroes of the Iliad) helped 
democracy to develop in Greece 
 But since armour was required, only the wealthy could be in 
army as a hoplite 
 the hoplite phalanx made Greek soldiers very desirable 
mercenaries for hundreds of years 
 Hoplite phalanx helped Greece to fight off the Persians during 
the Persian Wars. 
 The Romans used the same hoplite tactics to conquer the 
Greek empire.
Persian Wars
Battle of Marathon (490 BCE) 
 Greece (led by 
Athens) vs Persia 
 Athens appealed to 
Sparta for help 
 Origin of the 
‘marathon’ 
 One of first 
recorded instances 
in which phalanx 
used 
 Winner: Greece
Thermopylae (480 BCE) 
 Persian King Xerxes 
 300 Spartans led by king 
Leonidas defended narrow 
pass to protect Greek navy 
 Oracle prophesied it 
 There was a betrayal 
 “Go, tell at Sparta, thou 
who pass by, that here 
obedient to her word, we 
lie” 
 Winner = Persia
Salamis and Plataea (479 BCE) 
 Greeks (Athens, Sparta, 
Corinth) vs. Persia 
(Xerxes… again) 
 Salamis: Naval battle 
(Greek fleet of triremes) 
 Greece Won 
 Plataea: land battle 
where Persia defeated 
by the Spartan phalanx

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Greek battles part i

  • 1.
  • 2. What were the traditional battle formations used in warfare?  Individual combats  Group ambush but no organized formation
  • 3. Greek Hoplites (c. 650BCE) HOPLITE FORMATION:  Greek generals trained their soldiers to fight in lines, shoulder to shoulder.  In this way each man was protected by the shield of the man standing next to him.  When they all marched forward together, no enemy spears or arrows could get through their wall of shields (hoplite formation was like a “scrum” in a rugby match)
  • 4. What would determine the success and effectiveness of the hoplite phalanx formation?  Soldiers had to be well trained and equipped with correct armour, shield and helmet (spear and sword)  Soldiers had to be brave to hold the line. If anyone started to run away, the whole line would fall apart  Intense training and preparation to perfect formation was required
  • 5. Effects of the Hoplite Phalanx  new emphasis on the importance of each ordinary soldier (instead of just the aristocratic heroes of the Iliad) helped democracy to develop in Greece  But since armour was required, only the wealthy could be in army as a hoplite  the hoplite phalanx made Greek soldiers very desirable mercenaries for hundreds of years  Hoplite phalanx helped Greece to fight off the Persians during the Persian Wars.  The Romans used the same hoplite tactics to conquer the Greek empire.
  • 7. Battle of Marathon (490 BCE)  Greece (led by Athens) vs Persia  Athens appealed to Sparta for help  Origin of the ‘marathon’  One of first recorded instances in which phalanx used  Winner: Greece
  • 8. Thermopylae (480 BCE)  Persian King Xerxes  300 Spartans led by king Leonidas defended narrow pass to protect Greek navy  Oracle prophesied it  There was a betrayal  “Go, tell at Sparta, thou who pass by, that here obedient to her word, we lie”  Winner = Persia
  • 9. Salamis and Plataea (479 BCE)  Greeks (Athens, Sparta, Corinth) vs. Persia (Xerxes… again)  Salamis: Naval battle (Greek fleet of triremes)  Greece Won  Plataea: land battle where Persia defeated by the Spartan phalanx