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The combined and powerful Greek navy defeated a similar sized Persian fleet at the battle of Salamis.
The Greek and Persian fleets.
A coalition of southern Greek city-states defeated a Persian fleet of Phoenician, Greek and Egyptian ships at the naval battle of Salamis.
The Greek alliance armoured infantry kept to the hilly rough ground to avoid the Persian cavalry, and defeated the inferior Persian infantry and its Greek allies.
Most of the Persian defeats in the 50 years of warfare between the Greek city-states and Persia were either sea or sea-land battles, not land battles involving just the army. The single land battle of Plataia in 469 BCE was won by the Greek forces sticking defeating the inferior unsupported Persian infantry.
The combined and powerful Greek navy defeated a similar sized Persian fleet at the battle of Salamis.
The Greek and Persian fleets.
There were many Persan-Greek battles. Which one did you have in mind?
They were two different wars - the Persian War wass the persian Empire versus the mainland Greek cities, and the Peloponnesian War was between Greek cities. The Greeks won some, lost some in both wars.
A coalition of southern Greek city-states defeated a Persian fleet of Phoenician, Greek and Egyptian ships at the naval battle of Salamis.
The Battle of Marathon, the Battle of Salamis, and the Battle of Thermopylae were fought between Greek city-states and invading Persian Empire forces in the early Fifth Century BCE.
The Battle of Marathon, the Battle of Salamis, and the Battle of Thermopylae were fought between Greek city-states and invading Persian Empire forces in the early Fifth Century BCE.
Persian - Xerxes I. Greek - Eurybiades of Sparta.
Between the the navy of the invading Persian force and the defending fleet of the combined southern Greek city-states in 480 BCE.
The naval battle of Salamis 480 BCE. The land battle of Plataea 479 BCE. The sea-land battle of Mycale 479 BCE.
Plataia was a battle in the 50 year Persian War. A coalition of Greek city-states defeated a Persian expeditionary force in the battle.
Naval Battle of Salamis (29 September 480): important battle during the Persian War, in which the Greek allies defeated the Persian navy .