Cards (7)

    • What year was the battle of artemisium
      480, the same time as the battle as Thermopylae
    • what was the battle of artemisium
      a series of naval engagements
    • Why were the Persians disadvantaged before the battle of artemisium
      Many of their ships were destroyed during a storm
    • Greek forces at artemisium
      271 triremes led by eurybiades (spartan) and Themistocles (athenian)
    • Why was artemisium chosen and who by
      Themistocles (Athenian) chose it as it covered the entrance to mainland Greece and was a narrow corridor 
    • What was the result of the battle of artemisium 
      Indecisive as the Greeks withdrew after the news of the defeat at Thermopylae and the Persian suffered through their great loss of ships
    • Herodotus on the lack of Athenian leadership

      Athens waived their claim in the interest of national survival