In Books 4 and 7 of his Guide to Greece, Pausanias describes how no soldiers from the Peloponnesus took part in a battle at this site, resulting in one side being outnumbered by over four to one. The tide turned when the enemy divided forces and the general Acichorios marched into Aetolia to sack the city of Callium. The opening salvos saw the Greeks burn bridges over the Spercheios River, which t
In Books 4 and 7 of his Guide to Greece, Pausanias describes how no soldiers from the Peloponnesus took part in a battle at this site, resulting in one side being outnumbered by over four to one. The tide turned when the enemy divided forces and the general Acichorios marched into Aetolia to sack the city of Callium. The opening salvos saw the Greeks burn bridges over the Spercheios River, which the enemy nevertheless forded. Loss was sealed when the Greeks under Callippus were flanked by a detachment led by Brennus using a familiar path over Mount Oeta. That battle led to an attack on Delphi by the Gauls in 279 BC, while another battle here saw Antiochus III lose to the Romans under Manius Glabrio in 191 BC. Still another battle here happened simultaneously with the naval Battle of Artemisium, and saw the "Immortals" commanded by Hydarnes. FTP, name this site where Leonidas made his stand against Xerxes and the Persians in 480 BC.
In Books 4 and 7 of his Guide to Greece, Pausanias describes how no soldiers from the Peloponnesus took part in a battle at this site, resulting in one side being outnumbered by over four to one.
Battle of {Thermopylae}