Persian war

battle of marathon

490 BCE

The battle waged on the Marathon plain of northeastern Attica in 490 B.C. marked the first blows of the Greco-Persian War. With the Persians closing in on the Greek capitol, Athenian general Miltiades assumed command of the hastily assembled army. The victory of “the Marathon men”

battle of thermopylae

480 BCE

Battle in northern Greece (480 BC) in the Persian Wars. Ten years after the defeat at Marathon, the Persian invasion of Greece was resumed by King Xerxes in 480 BCE. A Spartan-led Greek army led by Leonidas tried to block the Persian advance at the pass of Thermopylae but was defeated

battle of salamis

479 BCE

After the Battle of Thermopylae,the Persians marched into Athens and burnt the
city.Later,a sea battle broke out at the Bay of Salamis.There,the
Athenian navy destroyed the Persian fleet.