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Prosopitis.
Prosopitis.
Greeks were stranded by the Persians in Egypt. They capitulated and were allowed to leave. -
500
Ionian Rovolts
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Period: 500 to 502
Naxos & Ionian Revolt
Battles of the Persian Wars are named for their locations. The following timeline shows the major battles of the Persian Wars (Greco-Persian Wars) in chronological sequence. -
Peace
Persia and Athens sign peace treaty. -
Naxos
Persians invaded; inhabitants fled; the Persians burned the town, but Delos was spared. -
Greek league
Greek league against Persia, with Sparta in charge of the army, and Athens, the navy. -
Battle at Thermopylae
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Salamis' Battle
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Battle at Plataea
The Battle of Plataea was the final land battle during the second Persian invasion of Greece. It took place in 479 BC near the city of Plataea in Boeotia, and was fought between an alliance of the Greek city-states, including Sparta, Athens, Corinth and Megara, and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I. -
Eurymedon (River).
Cimon delivered the coast towns of Caria from Persian rule. Fought the Persians by land and sea. Made southern Asia Minor, from Caria to Pamphylia, part of the Athenian federation. -
Sardis
Persians led by Aristagoras with Athenian and Eretrian allies occupied Sardis. The city was burned and the Greeks met and were defeated by a Persian force. This was the end of the Athenian involvement in the Ionian revolt. -
Eretria.
Persians under Datis (later defeated at Marathon) given the city within a week by traitors. Inhabitants enslaved.
Battle of Marathon. The Battle of Marathon (Greek: Μάχη τοῦ Μαραθῶνος, Machē tou Marathōnos) took place in 490 BC, during the first Persian invasion of Greece. It was fought between the citizens of Athens, aided by Plataea, and a Persian force commanded by Datis and Artaphernes. The battle was the culmination of the first attempt by Persia, under King Darius I, to subjugate Greece. -
Sestus.
Taken by the Athenians. Beginning of the Athenian Empire.
Byzantium. The Spartan Pausanias delivered most of Cyprus from Persian rule. He then went to Byzantium where he did the same. However, he oppressed the Greeks there which led the eastern Greeks to seek the protection of Athens. -
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PotidaeaandOlynthus.
Persians on their way back from Salamis to Thessaly lay seige to Potidaea and Olynthus. Olynthus was given to the Chalcidians who were faithful to the Persians. Potidaea successfully withstood a 3-month siege. -
Period: to
Thermopylae's Battle
Upon receiving a request from the confederated Greek forces to aid in defending Greece against the Persian invasion, In August 480 BC, Leonidas went out to meet Xerxes' army at Thermopylae with a small force of 300 men, where he was joined by forces from other Greek city-states, who put themselves under his command to form an army of 14,000 strong. There are various theories on why Leonidas was accompanied by such a small force of hoplites. Whatever the reason Sparta's own contribution was just -
Period: to 450
Cyprus, Salamis.
Phoenicians were establishing the authority of Artaxerxes in Cyprus when Cimon was sent to deal with them. Although Cimon died, the Greeks achieved a double victory.
