4 events with tag "Persian Wars"
490 BC
ID: 228
September 490 BC
Battle of Marathon - 10,000 Greeks defeat 25,000 Persians, Pheidippides runs to Athens with news
ID: 228
483 BC
ID: 5320
Laurion silver funds Athenian fleet - 100 talents annually from mines employing 20,000 slaves, decisive for Salamis victory
ID: 5320
480 BC
ID: 5351
Laurion silver victories - Athenian fleet built with mining profits defeats Persians at Salamis, saving Greek independence
ID: 5351
479 BC
ID: 233
Battle of Plataea - combined Greek forces finally defeat Persian army, end of Persian invasion
ID: 233