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Xerxes continues the Darius' project
Xerxes 1st, the new Large King is more intractable and prepares a new campaign as of - 483. It decides to attack by the road of North and makes dig a channel of the Athos Mount during three years to facilitate the passage of its fleet. Bridges and warehouses are installed along the roads of invasion.
The Greeks take again their quarrels, Athens is in war against Egine, Sparte replaces its king Cleomene by Leonidas. But Themistocle persuades Athens to quickly build a fleet of 200 triremes. This weapon is quickly used to drive out the pirates what involves the crews. Joined together in Corinthe, the Greeks determined to fight decide to cease their internal conflicts. The command is entrusted to Sparte, most powerful militarily.
In - 481, an army of 200 000 men, including Greeks, ordered again by Mardonios, crosses Hellespont on a double bridge of boats. A storm destroys this bridge and Xerxes made whip the sea to punish it tells us Herodote. The persian army crosses Macedonia and Thessalie and occupies the north of Greece. In response to this threat, part of the Greeks melt the Hellenic league.
300 Spartans ordered by Leonidas, Thespiens, Beotians and Thebans post themselves at the Thermopyles's pass to delay the irresistible advance of the enemy. They are nearly 8 000 greek hoplites who fight without mercy against a outnumbered persian army, who, by a treason, skirts the Greek positions. Leonidas keeps a thousand of hoplites (Spartans, Thebains and Plateans). Xerxes is surprised by these combatants who fight until the last and many losses (approximately 20 000) inflict to him. Their sacrifice provides to the Greek army time, three days, to prepare.
The persian armada (nearly 1200 triremes), follows the coast and is hung by the Greeks with the course Artemission. The battle is undecided, it is a Greek half victory who use kyklos tactic or circle formation. Persian fleet undergoes losses because storms and strong gales.
Salamine battle (19 october - 480)
Athenians cannot resist in the Attic and Themistocle evacuate them to take refuge in the Peloponnese where the cities are more justified to fight against Persians. The line of defence is centered on the isthmus which makes it possible to enter in the Peloponnese. Xerxes finds Athens almost empty and the persian army plunders it, massacre the Greeks who refused to leave the city then fire the temples of the Acropolis in - 480, for Sardes sake. Then, persian fleet present off Salamine.
Majority of Athenian strategists are ready with the retirement towards the Peloponnese. Themistocle which orders the Greek fleet, is supported by Megare and Egine and proposes the battle. Thinking that he will not be listened, he sends a messenger to Xerxes to make him believe that the Greeks are about to flee and incites him to attack. Xerxes has closed the two master keys by his fleet and he is installed on a throne at the place of the battle which it regards as gained. Half of the Persian fleet begins in the strait of Salamine and the Greek triremes turn over to attack the enemy fleet. Space is very restricted and the lighter Greek triremes are very mobile and encircle the Persian ships. Then the bronze stems bore the enemy hulls. It is a disaster for the Persian fleet which loses half of its ships, sunk or captured against 40 for the Greeks. A Persian task force is massacred on the very close island of Astypalia. Xerxes returns to Persia and leaves in Thessalie his general Mardonios and a part of the fleet and the army.
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