Persian Wars/Pelopponessian War

Persian Wars

490 BCE

First Persian War - Ionian Revolt - Ionians were Greeks who lived in Persia under Persian rule. They revolted and the Athenians sent ships to help the Ionians escape.

Persian Wars

490 BCE

Battle of Marathon - the Persians came to attack the Greeks, but the Greeks surprised them and destroyed them in the Phalanx formation. An Athenian messenger ran 26 miles from Marathon to to Athens to tell everyone that the Athens won the battle; the man died of exhaustion

Persian Wars

480 BCE

The Second Persian War - Persians want revenge, Xerxes is king of Persia

Second Persian War

480 BCE

Battle of Thermopylae - the Spartans agrees to help the Athenians. The Greeks hold up the Persians at a mountain pass for three days.

Second Persian War

480 BCE

Battle of Salamis - Naval Battle - Greeks lured the Persians into narrow channel. The small Greek ships destroyed the large Persian ships.

Second Persian War

479 BCE

Battle of Plataea - Athenians and Spartans teamed up, used phalanx formation, and trapped the Persians there without supplies. Greek victory.