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The Second Persian War is a very …
Years: 481BCE - 481BCE
The Second Persian War is a very different proposition from the first.
Xerxes in 481 BCE uses a bridge of boats to cross the Hellespont at Abydos with a huge fleet and an army of over one hundred thousand troops. (Herodotus estimates the Persian army to number in the millions, but modern scholars tend to doubt his figures, replacing them with far lower ones.)
The unprecedented size of Xerxes' forces makes their progress quite slow, giving the Greeks plenty of time to prepare their defense.
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- Athens, City-State of
- Thebes, City-State of
- Argos, City-State of
- Greece, classical
- Persian people
- Sparta, Kingdom of
- Corinth, City-State of
- Peloponnesian League (Spartan Alliance)
- Boeotian League
- Achaemenid, or First Persian, Empire
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- Younger Subboreal Period
- Iron Age, Near and Middle East
- Iron Age Cold Epoch
- Classical antiquity
- Greco-Persian Wars, Early
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Years: 481BCE - 481BCE
Locations
People
Groups
- Athens, City-State of
- Thebes, City-State of
- Argos, City-State of
- Greece, classical
- Persian people
- Sparta, Kingdom of
- Corinth, City-State of
- Peloponnesian League (Spartan Alliance)
- Boeotian League
- Achaemenid, or First Persian, Empire
Topics
- Younger Subboreal Period
- Iron Age, Near and Middle East
- Iron Age Cold Epoch
- Classical antiquity
- Greco-Persian Wars, Early
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions