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Battle of Marathon PROPONTIS ACHAEMENIAN ( PERSIAN ) EMPIRE ANATOLIA MEDITERRANEAN Ther- mopylae Plataea and Mycale The cross- roads The three. Greek allies Xerxes army , 480 BC Danube lonian rebels Xerxes fleet , 480 BC Persian Empire ...
Battle of Marathon PROPONTIS ACHAEMENIAN ( PERSIAN ) EMPIRE ANATOLIA MEDITERRANEAN Ther- mopylae Plataea and Mycale The cross- roads The three. Greek allies Xerxes army , 480 BC Danube lonian rebels Xerxes fleet , 480 BC Persian Empire ...
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... Persian detachment from a deserter , engaged the main Persian fleet with some suc- cess . The Greeks intended to sail south that night and de- stroy the detachment next day , but a tremendous storm kept the Greeks at Artemisium and ...
... Persian detachment from a deserter , engaged the main Persian fleet with some suc- cess . The Greeks intended to sail south that night and de- stroy the detachment next day , but a tremendous storm kept the Greeks at Artemisium and ...
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... Persian Empire , provided that it did not reach European Greece . Thus when the Persians un- der Otanes finally attacked Samos , Maeandrius sailed to Lacedaemon and appealed to Cleomenes for help ; in- stead , Cleomenes advised the ...
... Persian Empire , provided that it did not reach European Greece . Thus when the Persians un- der Otanes finally attacked Samos , Maeandrius sailed to Lacedaemon and appealed to Cleomenes for help ; in- stead , Cleomenes advised the ...
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