Following the defeat at Thermopylae, the Persians reached and performed what significant action in Athens?
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Correct answer: They occupied the city and burned the Acropolis temples
After the Greek retreat from Thermopylae, the Athenians evacuated their city on Themistocles' advice. Xerxes' forces entered the deserted Athens and burned the Acropolis buildings, including the early Parthenon, as retaliation for the Greek burning of Sardis decades earlier.
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