Powerpoint Day

Today we looked at the powerpoint for most of the class, but luckily we were giving a couple of minutes to work on our blogs. Spartans were known their tough, ruthless infantry. The Spartan boys started to train to be soldiers at the age of seven. Athens had a strong infantry force, but an even stronger navy. The Athenians invented and used the trireme which was a boat rowed by 170 men and it was used as a fast and agile battering ram. They also used the phalanx which was a dense group of warriors armed with long spears and connecting shields. The soldiers would slowly advance until they broke ranks and charged the enemy. The Persians had a huge army and nearly unlimited resources.