Plataea Timeline

Hoplites are the major protagonists in Greek land warfare.

A combined force of Greek hoplites defeat the Persians at Marathon.

Battle of Thermopylae. 300 Spartans under King Leonidas and other Greek allies hold back the Persians led by Xerxes I for three days but are defeated.

The indecisive battle of Artemision between the Greek and Persian fleets of Xerxes I. The Greeks withdraw to Salamis.

Battle of Salamis where the Greek naval fleet led by Themistocles defeats the invading armada of Xerxes I of Persia.

Cycladic city states contribute to the victorious Greek forces against the Persians at the battle of Plataea.

Xerxes' Persian forces are defeated by Greek forces at Plataea effectively ending Persia's imperial ambitions in Greece.

Alexander I the Philhellene allegedly reveals Mardonius' battle plans to the Greeks in the eve of the Battle of Plataea.

The Histories of Herodotus is published. The work is divided into nine chapters, each dedicated to one of the Muses.