The defeat of the Persian navy at Salamis in 480 was by no means the end of the war, but it was the decisive battle that made ultimate victory likely, if not inevitable. The final land battle ...

He was no ordinary fugitive but none other than Pausanias, who had been regent of Laconia and the victor of the famous Battle of Plataea. Let us see how he came to such a dire situation. The ...

Illus, maps, chron., notes, biblio., index. $24.95. ISBN: 0199747326 As the primary source of the Graeco-Persian Wars, the historian, Herodotus of Halicarnassus wrote that the Battle of Plataea (479 ...

A Syrian girl living in Jordan shouts slogans against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on the first anniversary of the chemical weapons attack on the Ghouta region Getty 428BC - Siege of Plataea ...