*This is a historical analysis of the Greco-Persian war… if social media existed in the 4th century BC.

Athens, Sparta, and the many other city-states of the Greek peninsula enjoyed the fruits of their land for many years as the Persian king of kings Darius grew his empire all over Asia in the 5th century BC. Soon, Darius set his gaze west on Greece’s beautiful land and, with his army of Asian militaries, began his campaign to expand his empire west. We’ll be examining tweets from all the big players in this legendary war:

The King of ALL kings thout this an easy subjegation of land guarded by a week people, as he rightly should. While some of the city states are strong forces, they are divided and puny compared to the gargantuan force commanded by Darius. In order to stand a chance at defending their homes, the Grecians had once option: unite.

The two City states waited, united and prepared for battle. The forces clashed at the Battle of Marathon which left Darius marching back home in defeat to regroup. While he hadn’t secured all of the east, Darius and the Persians had still sacked a good portion of Macedionia, the region in between Greece and Asia Minor. Still, the king of kings would not take this loss without avenging himself.

Unfortunately due to internal political movements in Persia, Darius grew to old to fulfill his promise to the Greeks and the responsibility was left to his son, Xerxes. Xerxes would not underestimate the greeks like his father did, and spend years assembling and marching an enormous army toward Athens, sacking every city in its path. Finally, Xerxes and his army reached the narrow pass at Thermopylae where King of Sparta, Leonidas, and Sparta’s finest soldiers accompanied by troops from all over the Grecian cities awaited. Xerxes did nothing for several days…

Spartans are known for their quick, short responses in the face of intimidation, after all. But it wasn’t enough. The Greeks held off the hordes for three days, assuming fractions of the casualties that they inflicted on the Persians. Nevertheless, the Persians eventually destroyed the defense and marched toward Athens.

While Persia certainly had the numbers, the Greeks had knowledge of the land and sea, incredible maritime technology, and epic battle skills. They also had one upper hand:

Lead by General Themistocles, the Athenian fleet ambushed the Persian fleet and sunk hundreds of ships within hours. This great loss sent Xerxes and his Persian army back to land to recover-big mistake. The Greeks took the offensive and at the battle of Plateaa, they finally ran the Persians out of Greece of good.

Sources: Themistocles’ quote is from “Glory of the Law”; c. 524 – 459 BC

I used Zeoob.com to generate fake Twitter posts.