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Ch 4 sec 3-2 Xerxes • • • • • • • 480 BC Vows revenge against Athenians New invasion of Greece 180,000 Greeks join forces w/ Sparta to defend Spartan king leads army Athenians lead Navy Themistocles plan to fight Persians – Attack food supply ships Slow Persian Advance • • • • • • • • Narrow pass through mountain 7000 Greeks hold off Persians Traitor tells Persians of other path King sends most troops to rear King and rest of troops fight to the death Fleet now attacks at Salamis—narrow strait Greek ships maneuver better than Persians Persians march to Athens which is abandoned 479 BC • Biggest Greek Army w/ body armor and long spears defeat Plataea • Convince Persians to retreat • Persian are weaker—raise taxes and anger citizens
