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The Greek and Persian war took place from 499-449 BC
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Arimnestos living a normal life as a farm boy displaying his life in the town of Platae
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After sometime, Arimnestos is having to hear that there has been developing conflict with their overbearing neighbors: Thebes
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The novel begins introducing who Arimnestos and who he is; a farmboy who has a master ironsmith as a father and has a sibling.
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After war has been declared between these towns, Since Arimnestos is considered a young man, him, his broher and his father have to go to war.
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After 20 years of the war lasting due to their first victory, Arimnestos was knocked out by a melee mid battle and doesn't wake up with the winning side but as a slave
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Arimnestos is now determined to go through trek in order to get revenge on the one who betrayed him and escape slavery
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Another battle took place in the time region 431 BC
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This battle was between Athens and Sparta, which have led with the total destruction of the naval empire and athens
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During the battle that took place in 431 BC, the Peloponnesian wars, the Persians were over taken from their walls
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When the people of Persia were being over run, the citizens tried jumping over the walls to escape but died trying.
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There was a second Peloponnesian war, one that lasted from 431-404 BC
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There was another battle; battle of Leucimme, it was a battle of the Cocyra and Corithians.
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After won the battle, this gave them control over the seas around the western coast of Greece, this was all caused due to dispute between both of them.
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Relationship between the Corinth and the Corcyra had broken down which had caused more warfare between the once-were alliances.
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After being betrayed, caught, and bought, he then goes through a journey of being a slave for years.
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The battle was led by 300 soldiers at first with Arimnestos being one of them.
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The Age of Pericles, lasted from 461 B.C. (when Pericles as a young aristocrat became the dominant politician in Athens) until 429 B.C. This was a period of expanding democracy at home and increased imperialism abroad.
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After the time being, the Greek civilization has now begun to arise and now against the Persian empire. Therefore discover his talents as "killer of men" as his hero; Achilles
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During the battle, he was betrayed by his coward cousin and the freedom he was fighting for was taken away
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After those years of fighting then being capture, he is bought by a rich citizen of Ephesus
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The second invasion of Greece:- Xerxes who seceded Darius vowed to revenge his father's defeat by renewing the attacks on Greece. He led an invasion force of 150,000 soldiers and 700 naval ships. Nine thousand Greeks under Spartan command held the pass for two days. The Persians managed to outflank the Greeks, however. Most of the Greek forces withdrew, but 300 Spartans fought to the death. Athenians then abandoned their city which the Persians promptly won.
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Gautama Buddha died. He was the founder of Buddhism. Shortly after his death, 500 disciples met to further refine his legacy and code of discipline
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The battle of marathon: The Army of Athens and its allies met the Persians on the Plains of Marathon about 22 miles from Athens. The Greeks charged the Persian lines. Both sides fought hard, but it was the Greeks who were able to break the Persian lines.
