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Site of a series of naval engagements over three days during the second Persian invasion of Greece. The battle took place simultaneously with the more famous land battle at Thermopylae, in August or September 480 BC, off the coast of Euboea and was fought between an alliance of Greek city-states, including Sparta, Athens, Corinth and others, and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I. |
| Nearest sites |
Alos, Halos, Chorostasi, circa 37.1 km (23 mi) west
Pagasae, circa 42 km (26.1 mi) north-west
Iolkos, circa 45.2 km (28.1 mi) north-west
Demetrias, circa 45 km (28 mi) north-west
Sesklo, circa 51 km (31.7 mi) north-west
Dimini, circa 48.3 km (30 mi) north-west
Anchialos, Pyrasos, circa 45.8 km (28.4 mi) north-west
Gla, circa 59 km (36.6 mi) south
Othrys, circa 44.8 km (27.8 mi) west
Thebai Phthiotides, Fthiotic Thebes, circa 49.1 km (30.5 mi) north-west
Orchomenos, Boeotia, circa 61.7 km (38.3 mi) south-west
Chaeronea, circa 66.5 km (41.3 mi) south-west
Hyria, circa 68.7 km (42.7 mi) south-east
Chalcis, Chalcida, circa 69.1 km (42.9 mi) south-east
Aulis, Avlida, circa 72.2 km (44.8 mi) south-east
Thebai, Cadmeia, Thebes, circa 78.5 km (48.8 mi) south
Graia, Graea, Paralia Avlidos, Dramesi, circa 78 km (48.5 mi) south-east
Lefkandi, Xeropolis, circa 77.9 km (48.4 mi) south-east
Plataia, circa 88.1 km (54.7 mi) south
Aegosthena, circa 96.2 km (59.8 mi) south
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