300 Spartans: Xerxes' March to Greece

You are Xerxes, King of the mighty Persian Empire, and you are about to embark on one of the greatest military campaigns in history.

Pertinent links:

• Building Xerxes’ Bridges
  An interactive activity about the great pontoon bridges across the Hellespont.
  
• Images and Marathon interactive page
  
  You can just scroll down on this page, or use anchor links (all on same page):
  
  • Persian Empire static map
  • Map of Greece with "hotspots" (Hellespont and Thermopylae hotspots functional)
  • Detail of Thermopylae general area, "Thermopylae" on this detail map links to "zoom in" of Thermopylae aerial view (pop-up)
  • "Zoom-in" of Thermopylae battlefield
  • The Hellespont reconstructed to 480 B.C.E. appearance
  • Thermopylae reconstructed and animated to 480 B.C.E. appearance
  • Persian (Phoenician) Ships beached at Marathon (reconstruction):
  • Persian battle formation (reconstructed), two images
  • Greek Hoplites, two images
  • Greek Phalanx
  • Persian archers
  • Battle of Marathon animation (refresh screen to restart it)
    

Type: Interactive

Source: Xerxes' March to Greece

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