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Greco-Persian Wars

499 BCE – 449 BCE

A series of conflicts between Greek city-states and the Achaemenid Persian Empire — from Marathon to Thermopylae to Salamis — that shaped the course of Western civilisation.

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Series of conflicts in the 5th century BC

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Greco-Persian Wars

499 BCE – 449 BCE

A series of conflicts between Greek city-states and the Achaemenid Persian Empire — from Marathon to Thermopylae to Salamis — that shaped the course of Western civilisation.

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