It began with a punitive expedition against Eretria and Athens 490 BCE, and culminated with a full scale invasion of peninsular Greece 480-479 BCE. The war went on for another 30 years until the Persians gave up the idea of imposing peace on Greece and left them to continue their usual fighting amongst themselves.
Second Persian invasion of Greece happened in -480.
First Persian invasion of Greece happened in -492.
No the first Persian invasion was in 490bc, the battle associated with the invasion was the Battle of Marathon.
The first Persian invasion of Greece was during the Persian Wars in 492 BCE. It was ordered by the Persian King Darius I to punish the city-states of Athens and Eretria.
1. Ionian Revolt 2. Persian punitive expedition against Eretria and Athens 3. Persian invasion of Greece (Xerxes invasion) 4. Delian League wars
The Persian invasion of peninsular Greece 480-479 BCE.
480-479 BCE.
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The Persian invasion of mainland Greece 480-479 BCE.
Persia did not conquer Greece. Persia attempted to conquer Greece but the invasion was repelled. Earlier, Greeks had fought against Persia in the Ionian Revolt, and the Persian invasion was intended as retribution for the violation of Persian temples.
It led the successful resistance to the Persian invasion 480 to 479 BCE.