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Tales From Herodotus XVI. The Battle of Salamis, 480 B.C.

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Mark Mueller

Translated from Tales From Herodotus. Farnell and Goff provide a synopsis of the events to this point: [Ten years after the defeat of the Persians at Marathon in 490 B.C. Xerxes, who came to the throne in 485, executed another … Continue reading →

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