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Years: 481BCE - 481BCE
The mainland Greeks send an embassy to Gelo requesting aid against Xerxes.
Gelo at first complains that the Greeks had spurned his request of aid against the Carthaginians in the past, but he offers to sent twenty-four thousand foot, four thousand horse and two hundred warships in addition to fully provisioning the combined Greek force in Greece if he were to be made the supreme commander.
The Spartans object to this, and Gelo then asks to be the commander of either the land or naval forces in exchange for his help.
The Athenian envoy then objects, and the Greeks are dismissed.
Gelo also hedges his bets, sending three ships under Cadmus of Kos to Delphi, with instructions to offer his submission to Xerxes in case of a Persian victory.
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People
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- Athens, City-State of
- Greece, classical
- Sicily, classical
- Italy, classical
- Persian people
- Sparta, Kingdom of
- Carthage, Kingdom of
- Syracuse, Corinthian city-state of
- Gela (Dorian Greek) city-state of
Topics
- Younger Subboreal Period
- Iron Age Europe
- Iron Age Cold Epoch
- Classical antiquity
- Greco-Persian Wars, Early
- Sicilian Wars, or Carthaginian-Syracusan Wars
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Years: 481BCE - 481BCE
Locations
People
Groups
- Athens, City-State of
- Greece, classical
- Sicily, classical
- Italy, classical
- Persian people
- Sparta, Kingdom of
- Carthage, Kingdom of
- Syracuse, Corinthian city-state of
- Gela (Dorian Greek) city-state of
Topics
- Younger Subboreal Period
- Iron Age Europe
- Iron Age Cold Epoch
- Classical antiquity
- Greco-Persian Wars, Early
- Sicilian Wars, or Carthaginian-Syracusan Wars
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions