Greco-Persian War

The beginning of the Greco-Persian was the revolt of the ionians against the mighty Persian Empire. The first major battle of the Greco-Persian War was the battle of Marathon. the greeks held there own and defeated the persians. After the battle a Greek messenger ran all the way from Marathon to Athens (26.2 Miles) hence the race today called the marathon. The next battle at Thermopylae the greeks, who were led by Spartans were defeated by the persians ass persia marched on with a vengeance. The Persian Army then marched on to Plantae were they were defeated by the greeks ending the war. But the Persians were not done yet. They attacked again at Salamis where they were defeated once again by the greek navy. This angered them greatly they attacked again and ransacked and burned the beautiful city of Athens. The spartans sent there troops to go and help and in doing so protected there city-state of Sparta.