(499-493 BC) during which the Greek city-states of Asia Minor with the help of Athens and Eretria rebelled against the Persian supremacy.
Greeks
Cause of the Persian War
We'll help!
Ionian
The Persians were angry that the Athenian Greeks had helped the Ionians revolt. Thus, the Persians declared war on Greece.
We declare War!!!
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
The Battle of Marathon
Battle of Marathon, (September 490 bce ), in the Greco-Persian Wars, decisive battle fought on the Marathon plain of northeastern Attica in which the Athenians
"Joy to you, we've won"
Thermopylae is primarily known for the battle that took place there in 480 BC, in which an outnumbered Greek force probably of 7,000 (including 300 Spartans, 500 warriors from Tegea
The Battle of Thermoplylae
This is Sparta!!!
Battle of Salamis, (480 bc ), battle in the Greco-Persian Wars in which a Greek fleet defeated much larger Persian naval forces in the straits at Salamis