Battle of Plataea

Article abstract: Type of action: Ground battle in the Greco-Persian Wars. Result: The Greeks eliminated the Persian occupation force.

In 479 b.c.e., the Persians, under the command of General Mardonius, advanced from central Greece and occupied Athens. After Athenian appeals for support, King Pausanias of Sparta threatened Mardonius’s flank, causing him to withdraw north behind the Asopus River. The Greeks followed through the mountain passes into the Platean Plain and set up advanced defensive positions. A Persian cavalry raid attempted to probe these lines,...

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