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fleet is scattered, and as a result Xerxes has to postpone his planned land offensives for a year, a delay that gives the Greek city-states time to unite against him.
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that the vale can be bypassed elsewhere and that the army of Xerxes is overwhelming, the Greeks decide not to try to hold there and vacate the vale.
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attacks; he then orders most of his troops to retreat, and he and his 300-member royal guard fight to the last man.
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Xerxes encourages the Carthaginians to attack the Greeks in Sicily. Under the Carthaginian military leader,
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The Greek congress decides to send a force of 10,000 Greeks, including hoplites and cavalry, to the
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after a close-fought battle. Tensions between the Roman classes flare during the battle.
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May – King Xerxes I of Persia marches from Sardis and onto Thrace and Macedonia.
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in three days of fighting but withdraws southward when news comes of the defeat at
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An eclipse of the sun discourages the Greek army from following up the victory of
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of Xerxes' vast army. For two days Leonidas and his troops withstand the
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Palace is completed after a building time of thirty years.
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while losing only about 40 of their own. The rest of the
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became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
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is made in the left corner of the east pediment of the
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is obliged to accompany Xerxes in a campaign through
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Year of the Consulship of Vibulanus and Cincinnatus
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