Greece has been known as the land of beauty since antiquity, it was one of the most important cultures in the past, they flourished in the arts, philosophy, and science
The periods between olympics was called an olympiad. the games were suspended in A.D. 394 by the roman emperor theodisous, and in 1986 they were revived as an international event
Darius son XERXES I determined to conquer Greece. The Spartans organized an alliance of 30 cities to opose the invasion. The persians hordes met the Greeks in 480 BC at thermopylae. Using a narrow mountain pass to their advantage, the Greeks were able to hold off the invaders for three days before a traitor show the persians forces a way over the mountains, Upon the learning of the treachery, the spartan leader LEONIDAS ordered most of his troops to withdraw, he and 300 Spartans stayed behind and gave their lives to delay the persian army.
When Darius sent a fleet of 600 ships with 2500 men to Greece. after a second defeat at athens, the Persian army, having lost more than 6000 men, returnet to safety if its empire in the east
The war between Sparta and Athens began in 431 and lasted until 404, Sparta was the first to declare war to Athens, under Pericles leadership, all the Greeks even some Persians became involved in this war.
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