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GRECO-PERSIAN WARS
492 BC - 449 BC
Also spelled Graeco-Persian Wars.
The Greco-Persian Wars are also called
the Persian Wars.
THE CHAPTERS OF THE GRECO-PERSIAN WARS
Part of the Greco-Persian Wars was the First Persian Invasion,
the Second Persian Invasion, and the Third Persian
Invasion.
Persian Invasions 492-490 BC
Map of the Third Persian Invasion 480-479 BC
Here is a map of Greece 500 BC - 479 BC:
MAP OF GREECE
500 BC - 479 BC
WHY WAS FOUGHT?
By means of the Ionian Revolt,
mainland Greece rebelled against Persian power. Persia was ready to straighten everyone out and started
the Greco-Persian Wars.
The Peace of Callias in 449 BC
concluded the Greco-Persian Wars.
WHO FOUGHT?
Greece and Sparta vs. the
Persian Empire.
The Greeks were in charge of the army, the Spartans were in charge
of the navy.
WHO WON?
Surprisingly, the Greeks.
BATTLES OF THE GRECO-PERSIAN WARS
Battle of Marathon, September 490 BC
Battle of Thermopylae,
August 480 BC
Battle of Artemisium, August 480 BC
Raid on Athens, September 21, 480 BC
Battle of Salamis, September 29, 480 BC
Battle of Plataea, August
27, 479 BC
Battle of Mycale, 479 BC
Battle at the Eurymedon, 466 BC
THE EQUIPMENT
Greece and Sparta had approx. 350 ships.
Persia had approx. 1,000 ships but storms at see did a lot of damage
to the Persian fleet.
According to
Herodotus, the Persians had an army of
millions.
And here is a map of the Acropolis of
Athens in 200 AD, illustrating edifices of the time before the
Persian Wars.
ACROPOLIS OF ATHENS
Click map to enlarge
Reference Maps on the Greco-Persian Wars 492-449 BC
More maps on the Greco-Persian wars here:
Map of Ancient Greece
Map of Ancient Greece
- North
Map of Ancient Greece
- South
Map of the Achaemenian
Empire
Map of the Persian
Empire 500 BC
Map of Greek colonies
at the shores of the Propontis (Sea of
Marmara)
Map location of ancient Plataea, Boeotia,
Greece
Map of the Battle of Marathon, 490 BC
(Creasy)
Map of the Battle of Marathon, 490 BC -
Initial Situation
Map of the Battle of Marathon, 490 BC -
Greek Double Envelopment
Map of
Attica 480 BC
Map of the harbors of
Athens 480 BC
Map
of Thermopylae 480 BC
Map of the Battle of
Thermopylae 480 BC
Map of the Battle of Salamis 480 BC
Map of the Athenian
Empire 450 BC
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Ancient Greeks
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