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the athenians mount successful attacks on the Persian forces accupying the greek island of cypus
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herodoyus, the father of history, writes his account of the greco- persian wars from a vantage point asia minor
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the athenian general cimon wins a victory over the persians at the mouth of the eurymedon river, in southwest turky
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Repesentatives of athens and other aegean city-states meet in delos to form a coalition, later known as the delian league
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Cyrusannexes the Greek territory of Ionia as part of his empire, giveing Persia a Persia a presence on the aegrean
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the Greek cities of Ionia rebel against Persian rule, with the partial support of athens
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the Persian fleet secures the Greek Island of Euboea befor making the short crossing to marathon on the mainland- ware they wait for the greeks
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at Marathon the thenian hoplest, heavily outnumbered, win a spectaular victory against the persians- of whom the survivors escape in their ships
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Themistocles persuades the athenians to build up their fleet against the threat from Persia
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Xerxes, renewing the campaign of his father Darius against the greeek, leads a larg aemy round the aegean and through thrace
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300 Spartans, led by die, attempting to hold the pass of Thermopylae against the advancing Persian army
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In the last joint campain by sparta an athens the strategically important city of byzantium is liberated from persian rule
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in the peace of kalllias the persians acknowledge the independence of greek ionia, and agree not to bring their fleet into the aegean
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After six years the Persians recover control of Ionia, but Athens is now idenified as a target for invasion
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Darius sends a fleet a cross the aegean, carrying a large armey of infantry for an attack on Athens
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a spartan army led by pausanias, wins a victory at Platea, completing the rout of the Persian on the Greek mainland
