In Reply to: RE: How much must I endure . . . posted by user510 on March 8, 2014 at 15:02:52:
At Salamis the Athenian fleet defeated the Persian fleet. Xerxes lost heart and returned to PersIa but left a very large army in Greece under Mardonius. Mardonius and his army were subsequently destroyed by a confederated Greek army at Platea, a battle in which the Spartans did most of the heavy lifting.
Everybody used to know this stuff, high school history 50 years ago.
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- RE: How much must I endure . . . Salamis and Platea - Tom Brennan 18:23:55 03/11/14 (1)
- RE: Salamis and Platea.....high school 50 yrs ago - user510 18:41:42 03/11/14 (0)