They did at the battles of Salamis, Plataea and Mykale, which saw the Persian invasion force withdrawn.
Salamis 480 BCE, Plataea 479 BCE, Mycale 479 BCE.
Salamis 480 BCE, Plataea 479 BCE, Mycale 479 BCE.
The Greeks stood their ground and fought for their freedom against the Persians. Their victory caused the Greeks many lives.
The Greeks stood their ground and fought for their freedom against the Persians. Their victory caused the Greeks many lives.
There were dozens, large and small. The most decisive were: 480 BCE Artemesium - Greek defeat 480 BCE Salamis - Persian defeat 479 BCE Plataea and Mycale - Persian defeats 466 BCE Eurymedon - Persian defeat 450 BCE Cyprus - Persian defeat
The Greeks stood their ground and fought for their freedom against the Persians. Their victory caused the Greeks many lives.
Which of the many battles did you have in mind?
Their cavalry against Greeks who relied on armoured infantry.However they lost the battles because:a. Marathon - they were loading their cavalry on ships to attack Athens by sea, and the Athenians ran in and defeated the inferior Persian infantry.b. Thermopylae: The Greeks had a blocking force holding the pass and the Persian cavalry could not be deployed against them. The Persians broke the blockade by vastly superior force.c. Plataia: The Greeks kept their force in the rough ground where the Persian cavalry could not operate, and the inferior Persian infantry was once more defeated by the Greek armoured infantry.
It was not the Greeks, it was the Macedonians, who used Greek and other mercenaries to support them. Alexander the Great king of Macedonia, spent ten years taking over the Persian Empire. He did this in three major battles which broke coordinated Persian resistance, and then dealt with the outlying provinces one at a time.
The conquerors of the Greek and Persian were Greeks, Persians, various Asiatics, Romans, Muslims, Turks, Mongols and others.
the king was Xerxes