Plan of Thermopylae, 480 BC
A map of Thermopylae showing the site of the Battle of Thermopylae during the war between Greece and the Persians. This interesting map shows the present–day coastline and river course, and at the time of Herodotus (Greek historian). What is no...

Map of Salamis, 480 BC
A map of the region around the island of Salamis, site of the naval battle between the Greeks and Xerxes I of Persia during the Second Persian Invasion (480 BC), whose victory by the Greeks resulted in Xerxes retreating back to Persia. ...

Invasion of Greece by Xerxes, 480 BC
Map showing the invasion of the Greek mainland by Xerxes I of Persia. A red line indicates his route. The invasion of Xerxes ended with his defeat at the Battle of Salamis. "Just off the coast of Attica, separated from the mainland by a narrow p...

Thermopylae, 480 BC
A Map of Thermopylae. "The Greeks determined to make a stand at the pass of Thermopylae, which forms the entrance from northern into southern Greece. ...The Grecian fleet, under the command of the Spartan Eurybiades, took up its station off that...

Battle of Salamis, 480 BC
Battle between Greece and Persia at Salamis. ...

Thermopylae, 480 BC
A map of the battle site of Thermopylæ on the Gulf of Malis, Greece, during the Second Persian Invasion, showing the route and camp of Xerxes, the city of Heraclea, the bottleneck of Thermopylæ, and the mountain route to Alpenus allowing ...

Marathon and Athens, 490 BC
A map of Athens and Marathon in Attica, Greece, at the time of the Persian Invasion under Darius the Great in 490 BC. The map shows the neighboring cities and connecting roads, mountains, rivers, and coastal features of the area....

Battle of Marathon, 491 B.C.
A map showing the battle of Marathon. "On the day of battle the Persian army was drawn up along the plain about a mile from the sea, and their fleet was ranged behind them on the beach. The Athenians occupied the rising ground above the plain, a...

The Wars of the Greeks and Persians, 499–448 BC
A map of Greece, western Asia Minor, and the &Aelig;gean Sea region during the Greco–Persian Wars (499–479 BC). The map shows the earlier Persian expedition into Scythia under Darius I, which included Ionian allies who sailed from the Bos...

Greece and War with Persia, 499–479 BC
A map of Greece and Asia Minor at the time of the wars with Persia (Greco–Persian Wars, 499–479 BC). The map is color–coded to show the extent of the Ionian Revolt (499–493 BC) from Macedonia along the coast of Asia Minor to t...