The first contact between Celts and Macedonians ... Greek communities had little choice but to surrender. The battle of Thermopylae began early in the morning as the Celts massed and charged ...
The rich capitals of the Achaemenid Empire lay exposed to a foreign invader for the first time ... he marched out to give ...
during the second Persian invasion of Greece. It took place simultaneously with the naval battle at Artemisium, in August or September 480 BC, at the narrow coastal pass of Thermopylae ...