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The natural isolation and character of the …
Years: 481BCE - 481BCE
The natural isolation and character of the Thessalians have kept them aloof from the main currents of Greek life.
Politically unstable because of tribal rivalries, they have never long sustained a concerted action.
The Greeks soon abandon an initial plan to defend Thessaly, and the Aleuads of Larissa ally their country with the Persians.
The Greeks instead fall back on a zone at the northeastern end of Euboea, where they hope to defend Thermopylae by land and Artemisium by sea; the two holding operations close enough for each set of defenders to know what is happening to the other.
Xerxes' forces advance slowly toward the Greeks, suffering losses from the weather.
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Years: 481BCE - 481BCE
Locations
People
Groups
Topics
- Younger Subboreal Period
- Iron Age Europe
- Iron Age Cold Epoch
- Classical antiquity
- Greco-Persian Wars, Early
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions