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Updated:Apr 23, 2026
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Greco-Persian Wars: Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis (490–479 BCE)

Greco-Persian Wars: Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis (490–479 BCE)

  1. Ionian Revolt against Persian rule begins

    Labels: Ionia, Athens, Eretria

  2. Ionian Revolt ends after Persian reconquest

    Labels: Achaemenid Empire, Ionia

  3. Persians sack Eretria during first invasion

    Labels: Eretria, Persian expedition

  4. Battle of Marathon checks first Persian invasion

    Labels: Battle of, Athens, Plataea

  5. Greek coalition forms to resist Xerxes

    Labels: Sparta, Athens, Corinth

  6. Xerxes bridges the Hellespont for invasion

    Labels: Xerxes I, Hellespont

  7. Battle of Thermopylae delays Persian advance

    Labels: Leonidas, Thermopylae, Sparta

  8. Battle of Artemisium fought alongside Thermopylae

    Labels: Battle of, Greek fleet, Persian fleet

  10. Battle of Salamis turns the naval war

    Labels: Battle of, Themistocles, Greek fleet

  11. Xerxes withdraws; Mardonius continues campaign

    Labels: Xerxes I, Mardonius

  12. Battle of Plataea breaks Persian land army

    Labels: Battle of, Mardonius, Greek coalition

  13. Battle of Mycale destroys Persian naval position

    Labels: Battle of, Ionian coast