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- We claim this land!
- I don't think so!
- Ionian Revolt In around 490 B.C, the Ionian Greeks revolted, which led Athens to send soldiers to their aid.
- You have no chance against us!
- Battle of Marathon In the year of 490 B.C, a Persian fleet of 25,000 men across the Aegean Sea. The Greeks won, because they formed a phalanx and the Persians lost because they wore light armor.
- Pheidippides In 490 B.C, army leaders chose a young runner to run back to Athens. He was to deliver news to Athens. He ran 26 miles from Marathon to Athens. He delivered his message, then collapsed and died.
- Rejoice, we conquer!
- It's blocked! What now?!
- I have an idea!
- Thermopylae In 480 B.C, Xerxes assembled a force to destroy Athens. Some city-states agreed to fight the Persians, while others thought it was a good idea to let Xerxes fight alone.
- Thermopylae Later on, Xerxes came to a mountain pass at Thermopylae. Over 7,000 Greeks, along with 300 Spartans, blocked Xerxes way. Xerxes thought that his troops would just easily push the Greeks out of his way.
- I will destroy Athens!
- We're stuck!
- Salamis Themistocles convinced Athenian warriors to evacuate Athens and fight on sea. The Athenian warriors positioned their fleet in a channel near an island called Salamis.
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