THE BATTLES (jan 11, 480 BC – mar 18, 479 BC)

Description:

THERMOPYLAE, ARTEMISIUM, SALAMIS, PLATAEA, MYCALE

Evidence (archaeological):
- Troezen Decree
- Serpent Column at Plataea

Written.. oh boy sigh
"The early evacuation of Attica would imply that the Athenians had little confidence that the Persians could be held at Thermopylae" - Bury and Meiggs

"Victory was due to intelligent leadership, as well as great courage and discipline" - Ehrenberg

"If Themistocles and the Athenians were primarily responsible for saving Greece at Salamis, Pausanias and the Spartans and other Peloponnesian contingents played that role at Plataea" - J. Fine

"the finest victory in all history known to me was won by Pausanias ..." - HERODOTUS

"The Greek fleet worked together as a whole while the Persians had lost formation" - Herodotus (on salamis)

"First we shall be fighting in narrow waters and there with our inferiors numbers we shall win" - Plutarch (what themistocles said on Salamis)

“Themistocles was a man who showed unmistakable natural genius ... his forecasts for the future were more predictable than others" - Themistocles glazer 101 THUCYDIDES

"Eurybiades...was provided by Sparta; for the other members of the confederacy had stipulated for a [Spartan] commander" - Herodotus

"Pausanias himself seems to have been well aware of the weaknesses of his heavy infantry and the advantage that a few bows could bring"
- Roel K

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