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Battle of Salamis Darius I Map showing the extent of the Achaemenid Empire during the 6th and 5th centuries BC, shaded in light green and spanning from the eastern Mediterranean and Egypt through the Middle East to parts of Central Asia and the Indus Valley. Major regions, cities, and trade routes such as the Royal Road are labeled within the empire's boundaries. Map of ancient Greece highlighting major cities, regions, and states, including mainland Greece, the Aegean islands, parts of Asia Minor, Sicily, and southern Italy. Key ancient cities such as Athens, Sparta, Corinth, Syracuse, and Troy are labeled, along with numbered divisions corresponding to regions like Epirus, Thessaly, Attica, and Arcadia. The map also shows surrounding seas and neighboring territories. Battle of Marathon
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Bas-relief detail of Xerxes I wearing a robe and crown, holding a flower, from the north courtyard of the treasury at Persepolis, now in the Archaeological Museum in Tehran. Jacques-Louis David: Leonidas at Thermopylae
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Marble bust of Alexander the Great, in the British Museum, London, England. Hellenistic Greek, 2nd-1st century BC. Said to be from Alexandria, Egypt. Height: 37 cm.
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What was the Battle of Marathon?
Overview of the Battle of Marathon.
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Battle of Salamis
The Battle of Salamis (480 bce), in which Greece...
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Darius I
Darius I seated before two incense burners, detail of a bas-relief of the north courtyard...
Courtesy of the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures of The University of Chicago
Achaemenid Empire
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ancient Greece
This map shows the chief cities and divisions of ancient Greece, which included settlements...
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Battle of Marathon
Battle of Marathon, detail of a relief from a Roman sarcophagus, 2nd century
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Xerxes I, detail of a bas-relief of the north courtyard in the Treasury of Persepolis, late 6th–early 5th century bce; in the Archaeological Museum, Tehran
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Jacques-Louis David: Leonidas at Thermopylae
Leonidas at Thermopylae, oil on canvas by Jacques-Louis David, 1814; in...
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