Winter quarters before the Greek invasion
· Sardis, Lydia, Anatolia
Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. · file Xerxes led the eastern-satrapy forces to Sardis, where the army spent the winter before advancing toward the Hellespont. The source dates the wintering at Sardis to 481–480 BC; this card uses the earliest supported year.
