Great Wars: The Persian Wars

The Persian Wars was one of the most famous and significant wars in history in many ways. The Persian wars was a series of wars fought by Greek states and Persia over a period of almost half a century. There were many battles fought in the Persian wars including the Marathon, Thermpylae, Salamis, and Plataea. To begin, the battle of Marathon too place in august in Marathon Greece. This battle was fought between Persia,Athens, and aided by Plataea. This was during the first Persian invasion of Greece. This battle was water shed in the greco-persian wars, showing the greeks that the persians could be beaten and that they could win battle without the spartans ( they had often relied heavily on the spartans).