Ancient Greek Important Wars and Battles

By Rsmith19
  • 499 BCE

    Greco-Persian Wars

    Greeks vs Persians
  • 490 BCE

    Battle of Marathon

    First Persian invasion of Greece. Miltiades notably known as the Greek general associated with the battle
  • 480 BCE

    Battle of Thermopylae

    Greeks vs Persians in famous battle with the Spartan "300"
  • 480 BCE

    Battle of Salamis

    Greece vs Persia in enormous naval battle
  • 431 BCE

    Peloponnesian War

    Athens vs Sparta in a conflict started because Sparta worried about the growing power of Athens