jan 1, 480 BC - Battle of Artemisium
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The Persians lost 1/3 of there 1200 ships and they sent out 200 ships to the coast of Euboea to trap the Greeks but they shipwrecked. After two days of smaller engagments, they fought the next two days with equal losses. The smaller allied feet could not afford the losses.
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