Greco-Persian Wars

In 499 BC, a great war broke out between the Greek city-states. Darius sent a large army of foot soldiers and calvary across the Aegean Sea by boat to Greece, where they assembled on the plain of Marathon. The Athenians stretched out and surrounded the Persians. King Darius tricked the Persian army by sending a runner to Sparta. The Athenian army won this war. Ten years later, Xerxes, the Persian kings son, organized an attack on Greece with more than 180,000 soldiers. Sparta and Athens decided to work together after seeing that many city-states were overwhelmed. The Spartan soldiers stood by the Thermapylae. All the Persian soldiers that went through this pass died. Most city-states were left defenseless, and Athens was burned to the ground. The Greek fleet defeated the Persian Army in Salamis. The war ended in Plataea, where the Greeks once again, defeated the Persians. 

King Darius

Persian War