Classical era · 479 BCE

Battle of Plataea

The Battle of Plataea was the final land battle during the second Persian invasion of Greece. It took place in August 479 BC near the city of Plataea in Boeotia, and was fought between an Achaemenid army led by Mardonius (allied with Boeotia, Thessaly, and Macedon) and the Spartan-led Hellenic alliance including Athens, Corinth, Tegea, Megara and other city-states.

When: 479 BCE
Where: Plataea
Era: Classical

Topics

Greece776 BCE – today

People

Aeschylus525 BCE – 456 BCEAncient Athenian playwright

Before and after

Second Persian invasion of Greece480 BCE – 479 BCE Battle of Mycale479 BCE Show on timeline

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