Late in the summer of 480 BCE, the Persian invasion force under King Xerxes came to blows with the Greek Allies for the first time. The famous twin battles at Thermopylae and Artemisium played out surrounded by a series of smaller sacks and skirmishes. After three days of fighting, the Greek attempt to block the Persians in narrow passes failed and the Persian army pushed south, conquering Phocis, Boeotia, and ultimately: Attica and Athens. By the end of September 480, Xerxes nominally controlled all of Greece north of the Peloponnese.
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Casting Through Ancient Greece
68: The Other Gods That Are
67: The Empire of Artaxerxes
66: The Syrian Civil War
65: The Peace of Callias
64: Fight to the End
63: The Little Pharaoh That Could(n't)
62: Death In Quick Succession
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61: Blood on the Eurymedon
60: Given Against The Demons
59: Holy War
58: Persia's First Family
57: Xerxes at Home
56: Domestic Affairs
55: Still Loud on the Western Front
54: Two By "Sea"
53: One By Land
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52: The Adventure Continues
51: Defeat from the Jaws of Victory
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