King
Satrap (provincial governor)
Baivarapatiš (commander of 10,000)
Hazarapatiš (commander of 1,000)
Satapatiš (c0mmander of 100)
Dathapatiš (commander of 10)
If you mean during the Persian punitive expedition against Athens and Eretria of 490 BCE, Datis.
If you mean during the Persian invasion of Greece in 480-479 BCE, Mardonius.
The Persian Empire lasted a couple of hundred years, and obviously had hundreds of army leaders over that period. Specify a period.
Xerxses was the leader.
Datis
Alexander the Great defeated numerous great armies during his conquests. Some of the notable victories include the defeat of the Persian Empire led by Darius III at the Battle of Gaugamela, the conquest of the Egyptian and Persian forces at the Battle of Issus, and the defeat of the Indian army led by King Porus at the Battle of Hydaspes. These victories solidified Alexander's status as one of history's greatest military commanders.
The Persian War 499-449 BCE ended with a settlement where the Persians agreed with the anti-Persian Delian League to stay away from Greek city-states in the eastern Mediterranean littoral. The Persians had revenge when they helped the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta to defeat the empire Athens had turned the Delian League into. The Greek inter-city wars continued on unabated, and Persia re-established control over the Asian-Greek cities again as the mainland Greek cities were too busy fighting amongst themselves to worry about them.
Saint Joan of Arc led the French army into battle.
The exact number of Greek troops in the Battle of Marathon is disputed among historians, but the most commonly accepted estimation is around 10,000 soldiers. This included citizen-soldiers or hoplites from Athens and its allies. The Greek forces, led by the Athenian general Miltiades, successfully defeated the larger invading Persian army in 490 BC.
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Army in the Battle of Spotsylvania.
On the Persian side, Datis and Artaphernes. On the Athenian side Miltiades.
King Xerxes.
The invading Persian army and a consortium of southern Greek city-states led by Sparta.
The Battle of Marathon occurred during the Persian attempt to suppress Athens for interferince in supporting the uprising of the Greek cities within the Persian empire a decade earler (Ionian Revolt).The failure by Persia at Marathon led to their trying to absorb all the mainland Greek cities as a final solution to the problem, which brought on the main part of the wars which lasted from 499 to 449 BCE.
Alexander the Great defeated numerous great armies during his conquests. Some of the notable victories include the defeat of the Persian Empire led by Darius III at the Battle of Gaugamela, the conquest of the Egyptian and Persian forces at the Battle of Issus, and the defeat of the Indian army led by King Porus at the Battle of Hydaspes. These victories solidified Alexander's status as one of history's greatest military commanders.
The southern Greek alliance led by Sparta defeated the Persian expeditionary army and its Greek allies.
An alliance of southern Greek cities led by Sparta, which defeated the invading Persian army and its Greek allies.
The Persian War 499-449 BCE ended with a settlement where the Persians agreed with the anti-Persian Delian League to stay away from Greek city-states in the eastern Mediterranean littoral. The Persians had revenge when they helped the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta to defeat the empire Athens had turned the Delian League into. The Greek inter-city wars continued on unabated, and Persia re-established control over the Asian-Greek cities again as the mainland Greek cities were too busy fighting amongst themselves to worry about them.
The Persians were defeated by the Athenian Admiral Themistocles at the sea battle of Salamis and the Spartan general Pausanius defeated the Persian army led by Mardonius at the battle of Plataea .
At the Pass of Thermopylai a Greek force led by a Spartan king delayed the Persian army for three days.
Saint Joan of Arc led the French army into battle.
The exact number of Greek troops in the Battle of Marathon is disputed among historians, but the most commonly accepted estimation is around 10,000 soldiers. This included citizen-soldiers or hoplites from Athens and its allies. The Greek forces, led by the Athenian general Miltiades, successfully defeated the larger invading Persian army in 490 BC.