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Greco-Persian Wars 492-449 BC
... which you can also spell Graeco-Persian Wars. The Greco-Persian Wars are also called
the Persian Wars.
And here is a map of Greece 500-479 BC:
MAP OF GREECE
500-479 BC
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.
Why Were the Persian
Wars 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 Won?
Surprisingly, the Greeks.
Battles of the
Greco-Persian Wars
Battle of Marathon, September 490 BC.
Greek victory.
Battle of Thermopylae,
August 480 BC. Persian victory.
Battle of Artemisium, August 480 BC.
Persian victory.
Raid on Athens, Acropolis sacked, September 21, 480 BC
Battle of Salamis, September 29, 480 BC.
Greek victory.
Battle of Plataea, August
27, 479 BC. Greek victory.
Battle of Mycale, 479 BC. Greek victory.
Battle at the Eurymedon, 466 BC.
Greek victory.
Military Strength
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.
Reference Maps on the
Greco-Persian Wars 492-449 BC
Here are more maps on the Greco-Persian wars:
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
What Else?
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
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