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Thermopylae
The narrow pass between the mountains and the sea controlling the route from northern into central Greece.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 28 §5 Thermopylae
Thermopylae, the narrow pass controlling the route into central Greece.
- The History of Rome, Book 31 §19 Thermopylae
Thermopylae, the narrow pass shutting off Greece by land, as the Euripus shuts it by sea.
- The History of Rome, Book 32 §5 Pylae
Thermopylae, "the Gates," the famous narrow pass.
- The History of Rome, Book 33 §3 Thermopylae
The pass between Thessaly and central Greece, traditional muster of the Greek assembly.
- The History of Rome, Book 36 §12 Thermopylae
The narrow pass between Oeta and the sea, the gateway from northern into central Greece.
- The History of Rome, Book 37 §51 Thermopylae
The narrow pass of central Greece where Acilius Glabrio defeated Antiochus in 191 BC (Book 36).
- The History of Rome, Book 38 §37 Thermopylae
The narrow pass into central Greece where M'. Acilius Glabrio defeated Antiochus in 191 BC.
- The History of Rome, Book 39 §24 Thermopylae
The pass into central Greece where Acilius routed Antiochus in 191 BC.
- The History of Rome, Book 40 §33 Thermopylae
The pass in central Greece where Glabrio defeated Antiochus, the vow then made being now fulfilled.