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The southern Greek city-states assembled their army at Plataia and defeated the Persian army and its central Greek allies.
Simultaneously the Greek coalition fleet cornered the remnants of the Persian fleet where it had taken refuge at Mycale in Asia Minor.
This ended the Persian invasion and temporarily liberated the Greek city-states in Asia Minor from Persian control.
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When did the Greek army crush the Persian army at Plataea?
479 BCE.
Was the end of the Persian invasion soon after the sea battle at Salamis?
The Greek city-states assembled their armies at Plataia the following year (479 BCE) and defeated the Persian army and its Greek allies. Simultaneously the Greek fleet wiped out the remaining Persian fleet holed up at Mykale in Asia minor. That was the end of the invasion.
Main battles of the Greeks and the Persians?
490 BCE Marathon - a Persian amphibious punitive expedition against Athens and Eretria defeated. 480 BCE Salamis - the Persian fleet defeated at Salamis, forcing the withdrawal of half their army due to consequent sea resupply problems. 479 BCE Plataia -the remainder of the Persian army and its Greek allies defeated. 479 BCE - the remainder of its fleet destroyed at Mykale. 466 BCE Eurymedon - Persian fleet destroyed in a sea and following land battle on the Eurymedon River, forcing them to agree to stay out of Greek waters. 334 BCE Granicus - Alexander defeated a Persian army on the Granicus River in Asia Minor. 333 BCE Issus - Alexander defeated the Persian army at Issus, capturing their warchest which enabled him to continue his campaign. 331 BCE Gaugamela - Alexander finally defeated the Persian army in Mesopotamia and moved on to take over the remaining Persian empire.
What were two battles during the Persian wars that left the Aegean Sea under Greek control?
Salamis 480 BCE and Mycale 479 BCE.
What two Greek victories nearly ten years apart marked the end of the Persian attempts to control the greek mainland?
Three a year apart - Salamis 480 BCE, Plataia and Mykale 479 BCE.
When did the Greek army crush the Persian army at Plataea?
479 BCE.
What the greek army did in 479 BC?
They defeated the Persians.
When did the Greeks defeat the Persian army?
479 BCE at Plataia.
What year were the Persian army defeated by the Greeks?
479 BCE at Plataia.
Was the end of the Persian invasion soon after the sea battle at Salamis?
The Greek city-states assembled their armies at Plataia the following year (479 BCE) and defeated the Persian army and its Greek allies. Simultaneously the Greek fleet wiped out the remaining Persian fleet holed up at Mykale in Asia minor. That was the end of the invasion.
What was the action in the Plataea battle?
A coalition of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army and its Greek allies outside the Greek city of Plataea in 479 BCE. The defending Greek army of armoured foot soldiers kept to the rough ground to negate the Persian cavalry, then engaged and defeated the unarmoured Persian infantry. At the same time a Greek fleet swooped on the remnants of the Persian fleet at Mycale and captured it. This combined action ended the invasion of mainland Greece by the Persian king Xerxes.
What was the leader of the Greek army in the Greek vs Persian wars?
Usually a Spartan general, though later in the 50 years of wars it was taken over by an Athenian general after Athens established the anti-Persian Delian League following the turning back of the Persian invasion in 479 BCE.
Who fought with the Persian Empire against the greek states?
The people of the Persian Empire provided the army and navy of the empire, including Egypt, Phoenicia and the Greek city-states of Ionia within the empire. The Persians enlisted many of the Greek city-stated of mainland Greece to their side - by bribery and threat. At the decisive land battle of Plataia in 479 BCE, a third of the Persian army was provided by central Greek cities such as Thebes. Macedonia and Thessaly also fought as an ally of the Persians.
What happened during the Salamis war?
There was no Salamis War. The sea battle of Salamis 480 BCE, won by the Greek navy, was a turning point in the invasion of mainland Greece by Persia. The following year 479 BCe the Greek army won at Plataia and the remainder of the Persian navy was destroyed at Mykale.
What is plataia?
A Greek city-state north of Athens which was the site of a decisive battle between a confederation of southern Greek cities and Persia in 479 BCE.
479 is the gcf of what number?
479 is the GCF of 479 and 958.
What body of water did the greek and Persian armies have to cross during the Persian wars of 492-479 BC?
The Aegean Sea.
