Greco-Persian Wars

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military conflict series of wars war

The Greco-Persian Wars were a series of early 5th-century BCE conflicts in which a coalition of Greek city-states, including Athens and Sparta, repelled invasions by the vast Achaemenid Persian Empire, shaping the course of classical Greek civilization.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Second Persian invasion of Greece	7
Persian Wars	6
Ionian Revolt	5
First Persian invasion of Greece	3
Greco-Persian conflicts in the Aegean	1
Persian invasion of 480–479 BCE	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military conflict ⓘ series of wars ⓘ war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ surface form: Persian Wars
belligerent	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Achaemenid Persia Athens ⓘ Delian League ⓘ Ionian Greek ⓘ surface form: Ionian Greek cities Sparta ⓘ
cause	Ionian Revolt against Persian rule ⓘ Persian expansion into the Aegean ⓘ
commander	Artaphernes ⓘ Darius I of Persia ⓘ Leonidas I ⓘ surface form: Leonidas I of Sparta Artaphernes ⓘ surface form: Mardonius Miltiades the Younger ⓘ Pausanias of Sparta ⓘ Themistocles ⓘ Xerxes I ⓘ surface form: Xerxes I of Persia
conflictBetween	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Greek city-states ⓘ
endTime	circa 449 BCE ⓘ
hasPart	Battle of Marathon ⓘ Battle of Mycale ⓘ Battle of Plataea ⓘ Battle of Salamis ⓘ Battle of Thermopylae ⓘ Greco-Persian Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: First Persian invasion of Greece Greco-Persian Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Greco-Persian conflicts in the Aegean Ionian Revolt ⓘ Greco-Persian Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Second Persian invasion of Greece
historicalSignificance	shaped the course of classical Greek civilization ⓘ
influenced	Greek identity versus “barbarian” others ⓘ classical Greek culture ⓘ development of Athenian democracy ⓘ
location	Aegean region ⓘ Asia Minor ⓘ Anatolian coast ⓘ surface form: Ionian coast mainland Greece ⓘ
partOf	classical Greek history ⓘ
primarySource	works of Herodotus ⓘ surface form: Herodotus’ Histories
result	Greek victory ⓘ Persian withdrawal from mainland Greece ⓘ formation of the Delian League ⓘ rise of Athens as a major power ⓘ
significantEvent	destruction of Athens by Persians in 480 BCE ⓘ
startTime	circa 499 BCE ⓘ
timePeriod	early 5th century BCE ⓘ

Referenced by (55)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Xanthippus → participatedIn → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

Athenian navy → significantEvent → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

Ionia → siteOf → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ionian Revolt

Miletus → wasDestroyedIn → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian Wars

Herodotus → workSubject → Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ