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The Battle of Plataea was the final land battle during the second Persian invasion of Greece. It was a decisive victory for the Greeks as it ended that war. [1] The battle was in 479 BC near the city of Plataea in Boeotia.
According to the ancient Greek historian, Plutarch, after refusing a bribe, a Spartan was asked
The Battle of Plataea believed to have been fought in August 479 BC, during the Persian Wars (499 BC-449 BC). Armies & Commanders Greeks Pausanias approx. 40,000 men Persians Mardonius approx. 70,000-120,000 men Background In 480 BC, a large Persian army led by Xerxes invaded Greece.
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The Greeks - The Battle of Plataea - PBSLearn how the Greeks finally defeated the Persian invaders in a decisive land battle at Plataea in 479 BC, ending the second Persian invasion of Greece.
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Battle of Plataea (479 BCE): decisive battle in the Persian War in which the Greeks overcame the Persian invaders. Plataea, seen from the south In 480, the Persian king Xerxes invaded Greece.
"Battle of Plataea" by Peter Dennis A defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks at Plataea in
The battles of Plataea and Mycale were fought by the Greeks against the Persians, and resulted in a decisive victory for the Greeks. The Persian Empire was, at its height, the largest empire in the world. It stretched from modern-day Turkey all the way to India, and its influence was felt throughout the known world.
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The Battle of Plataea was a land battle between Greeks and Persians near the small town of Plataea in Boeotia in 479 BCE.
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The Battle of Plataea 479 BC (3D Animated Documentary) Greco-Persian wars Hoc Est Bellum 23.2K subscribers Subscribe 2.5K 102K views 1 year ago #Persia #Sparta #Spartans Salamis was an.
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Unfortunately, and as Paul Cartledge correctly points out, although arguably more decisive than Marathon, Thermopylae, or Salamis, the Battle of Plataea has "been unjustly forgotten to a greater or lesser extent" (p. 8); indeed, sadly it has been relegated to the "register of long oblivion" (p. xii).
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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
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A summary of the Battle of Plataea, which effectively ended the Persian Invasion of 480 B.C.E. After Salamis. After the Battle of Salamis in 480 B.C.E, Xerxes returned to Persia, withdrawing his battered navy from Greek waters. The army of the Great King, however, remained in Attica, under the control of Persian General Mardonius.[1]
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The Battle of Plataea was the last land battle of the Second Greco-Persian War. It was a massive contest not just physically, but for what it would mean for the futures of Greece, Persia, and, indeed, the known world. Prelude to the Battle of Plataea
Spartans at Plataea by Merlkir The Battle of Plataea (479 BC) was the final land battle during
Battle of Plataea, (July 479 bce ). Following the Greek naval success at the Battle of Salamis in 480 bce, Persian King Xerxes left Greece with much of his army. However, his general, Mardonius, remained in northern Greece to continue the fight. The war's deciding encounter at Plataea the next summer proved to be a crushing Greek victory.
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The Battle of Plataea was the final land battle during the third Persian invasion of Greece. It took place in 479 BCE 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. Under the guidance of the commanding general.
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Mardonius, (died 479 bc, Plataea, Boeotia), Achaemenid general, a nephew of King Darius I and married to Darius' daughter Artazostra. In 492 bc he was sent to succeed the satrap (governor) Artaphernes in Ionia, with a special commission to attack Athens and Eretria. Contrary to the usual Achaemenid policy, he abolished the ruling "tyrants.
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Battle of Plataea: The Decisive Victory Against Persia that Saved Greece. Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain Today, on August 27, 479 BCE the Greek warriors annihilated and put an end to Persian ambitions at the Battle of Plataea.
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Details of the Battle of Plataea. In August of 479 B.C., an army of 45000 Spartan warriors, marched towards Athens after the Battle of Salamis to fight the Persians on the ground. The Persians heard what they were doing and began marching away from Athens and to the Ancient city of Plataea. The Persian army outnumbered the Spartan warriors by a.