The turning point was the defeat of the Persian fleet at Salamis the year before, which saw the naval threat to the Greek cities ended and enabled them to send their armies to Plataea to unite instead of being kept at home trying to defend their cities, and half the Persian army sent home as there was no food for it in the winter without a fleet to supply it.
Plataea saw the defeat of the reduced Persian land force and ended the invasion.
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After destroying Persian sea power at the battle of Salamis, they were able to defeat their army, and so end the attempt by the Persians to incorporate the cities of mainland Greece into the Persian Empire.
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The sea battle of Salamis 480 BCE.
he Battle of Marathon took place in 490 BC, during the first Persian invasion of Greece. It was fought between the citizens of Athens, aided by Plataea, and a Persian force commanded by Datis and Artaphernes. The battle was the culmination of the first attempt by Persia, under King Darius I, to subjugate Greece. The Greek army decisively defeated the more numerous Persians, marking a turning point in the Greco-Persian Wars.
After destroying Persian sea power at the battle of Salamis, they were able to defeat their army, and so end the attempt by the Persians to incorporate the cities of mainland Greece into the Persian Empire.
The Battle of Marathon took place in 490 BC, during the first Persian invasion of Greece. It was fought between the citizens of Athens, aided by Plataea, and a Persian force commanded by Datis and Artaphernes. The battle was the culmination of the first attempt by Persia, under King Darius I, to subjugate Greece. The Greek army decisively defeated the more numerous Persians, marking a turning point in the Greco-Persian Wars.
Plataea was the most important battle for the Greek city states. When Xerxes fled taking a large number of troops with him after the unlikely victory of the Athenians in the battle of Salamis against the mighty Persian navy, immediately the Greek city state alliance marched their soldiers against the general Mardonius and his 300 000 men. The Greeks won and the Greco-Persian war was finally over. Had the Greeks lost then there would be no Greece at all as it would be replaced by the Persian's dominant culture.
Persian Wars.
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It was a turning point in the invasion of Greece by Persia. It was not a turning point in Greek history - yet another of the innumerable battles fought by the Greeks, most of which were, and continued to be, between each other.
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