HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Marathon
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Salamis
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Thermopylae
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Plataea
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Detailed explanation-1: -A Persian army led by Xerxes I defeated Greek forces led by the Spartan king Leonidas in the Battle of Thermopylae.
Detailed explanation-2: -After Thermopylae, the Greeks went on to achieve great victories at Salamis and Plataea where they decisively defeated the Persians. Leonidas and his men had reinforced the prestige of Sparta and raised the morale of all Greeks to continue fighting against Persia.
Detailed explanation-3: -During the Battle of Marathon, 10, 000 Greek citizens defeated the numerically superior Persian army. How did the Athenians win, and why were they involved in the Persian Wars? In 499 BCE, the Greek city-states of Ionia revolted against Darius I of the Achaemenid Empire.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 449 bce the Peace of Callias finally ended the hostilities between Athens and its allies and Persia.