Classical era · 479 BCE

Battle of Mycale

The Battle of Mycale was one of the two major battles (the other being the Battle of Plataea) that ended the second Persian invasion of Greece during the Greco-Persian Wars. It took place on 27 or 28 August, 479 BC on the slopes of Mount Mycale, which is located on the coast of Ionia opposite the island of Samos.

Battle of Mycale
Battle of Mycale · Marco Prins and Jona Lendering (dead link)., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
When
479 BCE
Where
Mycale
Era
Classical

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