Battle of Plataea - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Plataea: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Plataea
The Battle of Plataea took place in 479 BC between an alliance of Greek city-states Sparta, Athens, Corinth, Megara, and others against t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Plataea: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Plataea - Battle
Mardonius fortified the Asopus river in Boeotia, hoping that the Greeks would be unable to unite against him. However, the Athenians sent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persian Empire: Encyclopedia - Persian Empire
The Persian Empire is the name used to refer to a number of historic dynasties that have ruled the country of Persia (Iran). Persia's ear...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Corinth: Encyclopedia - Corinth
Corinth, or Korinth (Κόρινθος; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a Greek city, on the Isthmus of Corinth, the na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 479 Bc: Encyclopedia - 479 Bc
Centuries: 4th century BC - 5th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC - 470s BC - 460s BC 450s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Thermopylae: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Thermopylae
In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in a mountain pass. Though vast...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 27: Encyclopedia - August 27
August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining. August 27 - Events. 47...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Herodotus: Encyclopedia - Herodotus
Herodotus of Halicarnassus (Greek: Ἡροδοτος, Herodotos) was a historian who lived in the 5th century BC (484 BC-ca. 425 BC). He ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phocis: Encyclopedia Ii - Phocis - History
The early history of Phocis remains quite obscure. During the Persian invasion of 480 BC the Phocians at first joined in the national def...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of Greece - List Of Greek Military Encounters
Military history of Greece - Prehistoric and ancient period. Trojan War Battle of Ephesus Persian Wars Battle of Marathon Battle of T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Herodotus: Encyclopedia Ii - Herodotus - Opinions
Herodotus' invention earned him the title "The Father of History" and the word he used for his achievement, historie, which previously ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Corinth: Encyclopedia Ii - Corinth - History
Corinth - Prehistoric era. The city was founded in the Neolithic Age, circa 6000 BC. According to myth, the city was founded by Corinth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Persians: Encyclopedia Ii - The Persians - Summary
The Persians takes place in Susa, the capital of Persia, and opens with the chorus (representing Persian nobles) and Queen Mother Atossa ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Mycale: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Mycale - The Battle
Hearing of the Greek's approach, the Persians in Samos decide to face them on land. They sailed to the nearly peninsula of Mycale just to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persian Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Persian Empire - The Rise And Fall Of Empires In Persia
Persian Empire - The first Persian state: Achaemenid Persia 648 BC-330 BC. The first record of the Persians comes from an Assyrian insc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Wars And Disasters By Death Toll: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Wars And Disasters By Death Toll - Deaths Caused By Humans
List of wars and disasters by death toll - War and military action. These figures include deaths of civilians from diseases, famine, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sparta: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sparta - The 5th Century Bce
The beginning of the 5th century saw Sparta at the height of her power, though her prestige must have suffered in the fruitless attempts ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persian Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Persian Empire - The Rise And Fall Of Empires In Persia
Persian Empire - The first Persian state: Achaemenid Persia 648 BC–330 BC. Main articles: Achaemenid dynasty, and [[]], and [[]], an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greco-persian Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Greco-persian Wars - Origins
At the end of the 6th century BC, Darius the Great ruled over an immense realm, from western India to eastern Europe. In 513 BC Darius, f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Thermopylae: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Thermopylae - Battle
When scouts initially informed Xerxes of the size of the Greek force, and of the Spartans who were performing preparations which included...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sparta: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sparta - The 4th Century Bce
The fall of Athens left Sparta once again supreme in the Greek world and demonstrated clearly its total unfitness for rule. Everywhere de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sparta: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sparta - Medieval Sparta
In CE 406 Alaric destroyed the city, and at a later period Laconia was invaded and settled by Slavonic tribes, especially the Melings and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of Greece - List Of Greek Military Alliances
Military history of Greece - Ancient. Achaean League League of Corinth Delian League Peloponnesian League Military history of Greece...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persian Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Persian Empire - The Name Persia
Persia has long been used by the West to describe the nation of Iran, its people, or its ancient empire. It derives from the ancient Gree...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of Greece - List Of Fortifications In Greece
Military history of Greece - Ancient & Roman. Long Walls Military history of Greece - Mediæval period. Monemvasia Mistra Pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of Greece - 19th Century
Military history of Greece - 20th century. First Balkan War Second Balkan War Greco-Italian War Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) Battle o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sparta: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sparta - Intervention Of Rome
Nonetheless, a vigorous struggle was maintained with the Achaean League and with Macedon until the Romans, after the conclusion of their ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sparta: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sparta - The 6th Century Bce
Early in the 6th century the Spartan kings Leon and Agasicles made a vigorous attack on Tegea, the most powerful of the Arcadian cities, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sparta: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sparta - The 3rd Century Bce
Twenty-two years later the city was attacked by an immense force under Pyrrhus, but Spartan bravery had not died out and the formidable e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Mycale: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Mycale - Background
In the spring of 479 BC various Ionian cities began the process of revolting against their Persian rulers. This did not go well at all, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greco-persian Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Greco-persian Wars - Xerxes' Invasion
In 480, Darius' successor Xerxes I mounted a massive expedition, consisting of perhaps 60,000-120,000 soldiers and 1,000 ships, although ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greco-persian Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Greco-persian Wars - The Greek Counterattack
Encouraged by Xerxes' failures, the Greeks of Asias and the islands revolted again. In 478, a fleet under Pausanias captured Byzantium an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Wars And Disasters By Death Toll: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Wars And Disasters By Death Toll - Death From Other Causes
List of wars and disasters by death toll - Fire. ca. 2,500 - Church of La Compana (Santiago, Chile, 1863) ca. 2,000 - Peshtigo Fire, (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Wars And Disasters By Death Toll: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Wars And Disasters By Death Toll - Deaths Caused By Natural Disasters
List of wars and disasters by death toll - Earthquake. 830,000 - Shaanxi earthquake (China, 1556) 286,000 - Indian Ocean earthquake &a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Herodotus: Encyclopedia Ii - Herodotus - Herodotus's Life
As to Herodotus's life, we know that he was exiled from Halicarnassus after his involvement in an unsuccessful putsch against the ruling ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phocis: Encyclopedia Ii - Phocis - Geography
Ancient Phocis was about 1,619 km² (625 mi²) in area, bounded on the west by Ozolian Locris and Doris, on the north by Opuntian Locris,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phocis: Encyclopedia Ii - Phocis - Phocis Today
Phocis is today a prefecture and the capital is at Amfissa. It is one of the least populated prefectures in Greece. The neighboring prefe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sparta: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sparta - Prehistoric Period
Tradition relates that Sparta was founded by Lacedaemon, son of Zeus and Taygete, who called the city after his wife, the daughter of Eur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persian Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Persian Empire - The Name Persia
Persia has long been used by the West to describe the nation of Iran, its people, or its ancient empire. It derives from the ancient Gree...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Thermopylae: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Thermopylae - Background
Xerxes I, king of Persia, had been preparing for years to continue the war against the Greeks started by his father Darius. In 484 BC the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Thermopylae: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Thermopylae - Inspiration
The legend of Thermopylae, as told by Herodotus, has it that Sparta consulted the Oracle at Delphi before setting out to meet the Persian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sparta: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sparta - The Expansion Of Sparta
We cannot trace in detail the process by which Sparta subjugated the whole of Laconia, but apparently the first step, taken in the reign ...   » Read the article