The Persian Wars

Who was the Greek commander at Marathon?

• Darius I
• Xerxes
• Leonidas
• Miltiades

This Greek messenger ran all the way to Sparta (150 miles) in two days.

• Ephialtes
• Pheidippides
• Miltiades
• Herodotus

King of Persia during Marathon?

• Cyrus the Great
• Cambyses II
• Darius I
• Xerxes

King of Persia during Thermopylae?

• Cyrus the Great
• Cambyses II
• Darius I
• Xerxes

Spartan King and commander at Thermopylae

• Miltiades
• Dieneces
• Leonidas
• Themistocles

Greek Naval Commander during Persian Wars

• Themistocles
• Leonidas
• Dieneces
• Pheidippides

Recorded as the greatest Spartan warrior, said "then we shall fight in the shade"

• Miltiades
• Dieneces
• Leonidas
• Ephialtes

Greek traitor that helped the Persians win at Thermopylae

• Xerxes
• Themistocles
• Dieneces
• Ephialtes

Greek historian that recorded much about the Persian Wars

• Pheidippides
• Darius
• Herodotus
• Aristotle

The battle where 11,000 Athenians defeated 30,000 Persians (490 bc), led by Miltiades.

• Marathon
• Thermopylae
• Salamis
• Plataea