The Persian forces would have come initially from the left along the seashore in this illustration, where they were held back by the Greeks. The Greeks rebuilt the so-called Phocian wall as part of their defense strategy. The Persian fleet lost many ships this way during a great storm. All links through the EDSITEment-reviewed The Perseus Project.Īn aerial reconstruction of Thermopylae as it may have looked at the time of the battle. In the Aegean of 480 BCE, failure to beach warships in a severe storm could lead to disaster. Xerxes invasion, the island of Euboia, during the sea battles at Artemisium.
Refresh browser to view again from start. Based on recent (1970's) photos of Thermopylae from The Perseus Project.īeached ships. View is from Spartan's last stand hillock. View from Artemisium on the island of Euboea, where the naval battle between the Persian and Greek fleets were fought. Image courtesy of .Ī timeline reconstruction animation of Thermopylae as it may have looked at the time of the battle. The ruins of the citadel of ancient Sardis, where Xerxes' armies gathered and spent the winter of 481 B.C., before the final march to the Hellespont and the crossing to Europe. Image courtesy of. Tempe, on the river Strymon (Macedonia), where Xerxes' is alleged to have made a human sacrifice to the gods. Image courtesy of. (EDSITEment reconstruction from resources through the EDSITEment-reviewed The Perseus Project.) Reconstruction of the Hellespont as it probably looked at the time of the Persian Wars.
The sails and masts will be stowed and oars lowered into the water for battle when they are close enough to the enemy fleet. The Isthmus of Corinth-where the Pelleponesian Greeks wanted to make their stand-is to the south of this location.Ī part of the Greek fleet advances on the Persian (Phoenicians, Egyptians and Persia's Greek allies) fleet around Artemisium. A series of sea battles was fought around Artemisium at the same time as the land battle at Thermopylae. (Note also the inclusion of the battle of Marathon from the previous Persian War).Ĭloseup of Thermopylae and Artemisium Area. Note hotspots for important stages and battles of Xerxes' campaign. Topography included.Ĭlose-up of Greece and "war theater" area with with the Persian invasion routes. Red lines denote the route of Xerxes' army across the empire. Map of the Persian Empire at the time of Xerxes.
The maps included below provide insight into the expansion of Mediterranean and Persian Empires, and provide access to multimedia resources for mapping and primary source analysis. “Great empires are not maintained by timidity.”
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