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Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Collection of facts about the Greco-Persian Wars

This post is a collection of facts about the Greco-Persian Wars (499 - 449 BC). There are 12 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Greek city-states vs. Achaemenid Empire
• Aristagoras (tyrant of Miletus) incites the Ionian Revolt (499 - 493 BC)
• Aristagoras with support of Athens and Eretria burned Persian city Sardis
• Persians attack the Ionian Revolt in 494 BC
• Persians invade Greece and subjugate Thrace and Macedon in 494 BC
• Persians invade Greece again and siege Eretria in 490 BC
• Persians defeated at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC
• Xerxes led the second Persian invasion of Greece in 480 BC
• Persian victory at the Battle of Thermopylae and burned Athens in 480 BC
• Greek victory at Battle of Plataea ended Persian invasion in 479 BC
• Persian fleet destroyed at the Battle of Mycale in 479 BC
• Delian League continued to fight Persian garrisons until 449 BC