Persian march toward Athens

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The Persian march toward Athens was the land advance of Xerxes I’s invading forces through Greece during the Greco-Persian Wars, culminating in the threat to and eventual occupation of the Athenian city.

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instanceOf land advance
military campaign phase
commandedBy Xerxes I of Persia
linked to: Xerxes I
culminatesIn capture of the Athenian Acropolis
endYear 480 BC
followsRouteThrough Boeotia
Thessaly
central Greece
geographicScope Attica
central Greece
northern Greece
hasBelligerent Achaemenid Empire
Greek city-states
hasCasualties Greek forces
Persian forces
hasConsequence contributed to eventual Persian withdrawal from mainland Greece
set stage for Greek naval victory at Salamis
hasLeader Xerxes I
hasObjective capture Athens
subjugate mainland Greece
hasOpponent Athens
Sparta
other Greek poleis
hasResult strategic overextension of Persian land forces in Greece
historicalSource Herodotus
includesEvent Battle of Artemisium
Battle of Thermopylae
occupation of Athens
motivatedBy Persian imperial expansion into Greece
desire to punish Athens for support of Ionian Revolt
opposedBy Hellenic League
partOf Greco-Persian Wars
Second Persian invasion of Greece
linked to: Greco-Persian Wars
precededBy Persian advance through Thrace and Macedonia
Persian crossing of the Hellespont
relatedEvent Battle of Plataea
Battle of Salamis
resultsIn destruction of much of Athens
evacuation of Athenian population to Salamis and other safe locations
temporary Persian control of Athens
startYear 480 BC
supportedBy Persian fleet in the Aegean Sea
timePeriod Classical antiquity

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Battle of Artemisium relatedCampaign Persian march toward Athens