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The Battle of Marathon: How Ancient Greeks Defeated Persia and Saved Western Civilization

In September of the year 490 BC, just 42 km outside of Athens, an army of brave Greeks saved their city from the invading ...
Greek Reporter

Greeks Who Fought Against Greeks in the Persian Wars

The Persian Wars saw Greeks unite against Persia, but some Greeks fought alongside the Persians, revealing deep divisions.
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300,000 Persians faced the Greek alliance - then the greatest battle of the Persian Wars began

The Battle of Plataea in 479 BC brought the Second Persian Invasion to its dramatic conclusion. United Greek forces led by Sparta and supported by Athens confronted the remaining Persian army under ...
Reuters

Ancient Greek battle comes to vivid life in '300'

BERLIN (Hollywood Reporter) - The Frank Miller experience continues in "300." This is the second movie to transfer a muscular story and visuals from a Miller graphic novel to the screen. Instead of ...
Ars Technica

How different would Western Civilization be today had Xerxes and the Persian Empire succeeded in taking all of Greece in 499 B.C., or did the Greeks p

Source The Battle at Thermopylae was perhaps the finest hour of the Spartans, their King, Leonidas, some 10,000 hoplite Greeks and 300 of his Spartan elite guard withstood the vast, 200,000 strong ...