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A decisive naval engagement in the straits of Attica where a smaller Greek force comprised of allied city-states under the leadership of the Athenian statesman, Themisocles, were able to defeat the larger Achaemenid Persian invasion force of Xerxes I, accordingly helping to turn the tide of the Greco-Persian Wars toward the Greeks' favor.
filed under 480 BCE
Runs throughGreco-Persian Wars
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A famed holding action and last stand at the pass of Thermopylae, where a small allied force of a few thousand Greeks, and famously 300 Spartans under King Leonidas of Sparta delayed the Persian advance of King Xerxes I during the Greco-Persian Wars.
filed under 480 BCE
Runs throughGreco-Persian Wars2 titles
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