Achaemenes was an Achaemenid general and satrap of ancient Egypt during the early 5th century BC, at the time of the 27th Dynasty of Egypt.
Achaemenes was satrap of the Achaemenid Province of Egypt.
The Wars of the Delian League were a series of campaigns fought between the Delian League of Athens and her allies, and the Achaemenid Empire of Persia. These conflicts represent a continuation of the
Thucydides, whose history provides many of the details of this period
Pericles, the Athenian politician who led Athens through much of her "Golden Age"
The ancient Persian fort at Eion (left) and the mouth of the Strymon River (right), seen from Ennea Hodoi (Amphipolis).
Reconstructed model of a trireme, the type of ship in use by both the Greek and Persian forces