jan 5, 468 BC - battle of eurymedon river

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Xerxes assembled military and naval force at the mouth of the Eurymedon River. Cimon destroyed the Phoenician ships and crews that Xerxes was "waiting for" accepted the Xerxes "terms of peace" to stay off the coast of Asia Minor

"captured the army and the camp [of the persians] which was full of all kinds of spoils ... in a way Cimon carried out 2 victories today" -- Plutarch

"The Eurymedon campaign, secured the remmoval of the Persian navy from the Aegean"
- CW Fornara

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