FratFiles

• Save Paper

Because of the recent movie, 300, most people are aware of the epic battle that occurred at Thermopylai were 300 odd Spartans supposedly held off an army of over one million led by Xerxes I. Now, there were many errors in the movie (the number of men on both sides being the chiefest of them). But it still leaves many people asking how a force so drastically outnumbered was able to hold a force nearly twenty times their number. The answer lies in the difference in their equipment, tactics and their training.
The Persian forces were primarily light and heavy infantry consisting of swordsmen, spear men and archers with a measure of lightly armed and armored calvary. The average soldier was very lightly armored in so that they could move rapidly. The Persian army relied heavily on calvary and archers
Persian soldiers were career soldiers unlike most Greeks who were citizen soldiers, only performing their military duties when war was upon them. The notable exception to this was, of......

View the rest of this paper...

Approximate Word Count: 568
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

Similar Essays

1. Greek And Persian Armaments: A Comparison
   

   Greek and Persian Armaments: A Comparison. Because of the recent movie,
   300, most people are aware of the epic battle that occurred ...