The Peloponnesian War was a war between the Delian League, led by Athens, and the Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta. Sparta and Athens had traditionally been rivals in Greece. However, during the 500s and the
Sparta's victory over Athens in the Peloponnesian War, which began in 431 BC and ended in 404 BC, brought Spartan hegemony over Greece and strengthened the Persian Achaemenid Empire in Ionia. The Greek states would continued to fight against each other for many years as the Persians expl...
Finally, in 405 BC, at the Battle of Aegospotami , Lysander captured the Athenian fleet in the Hellespont. Lysander then sailed to Athens and closed off the Port of Piraeus. Athens was forced to surrender, andSpartawon the Peloponnesian War in 404 BC. What happened to Pericles? Pericles w...
Persian Conquests: About 2500 years ago, Persia was the largest empire in the entire world and attempted an invasion of Greece, but failed. One of the first history texts in the world, Herodotus'The Persian Wars, details this conflict. ...
Persian Cats are a gentle breed who love to lounge around. The Persian cat is a long-haired breed with a distinctive flat face and large eyes. This breed gets their name from Persia — now, modern Iran — where they most likely originated. Because they're an ancient breed thatdatesbackto...
In 332 BC, Alexander the Great of Macedonia took down Egypt’s only other enemy: Persia. Egypt had, for ten years, been under Persian rule. Alexander swooped into Egypt after decimating Persia’s armies and swallowed up what was left of the Egyptian Empire. He built the famous city of Al...
Persian daric:The daric was a gold coin used in Persia between 522 BC and 330 BC. Roman currency:Currencies such as the aureus (gold), the denarius (silver), the sestertius (bronze), the dupondius (bronze), and the as (copper) were used during the Roman Empire from around 250 BC to...
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It is the decision of the Most High that this has happened to my lord the king. 25 You will be driven[ey] from human society,[ez] and you will live[fa] with the wild animals. You will be fed[fb] grass like oxen,[fc] and you will become damp with the dew of the sky. ...