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Greco-Persian Wars

499 BCE – 449 BCE · 50 years

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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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Greek city-states
  • Achaemenid Empire

Key moments

Defining events in the Greco-Persian Wars.

  1. 490 BC Marathon
  2. 480 BC Thermopylae
  3. 480 BC Salamis
  4. 479 BC Plataea

Elsewhere in Europe at the time

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Landmark · Europe

Plitvice Lakes

3000 BCE – still standing

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Odrysian Kingdom

459 BCE – 46 CE

Trade route · Europe

Amber Road

1000 BCE – 400 CE

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Ionian Revolt

499 BCE – 493 BCE

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Giant's Causeway

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Greek city-states

Attested 1500 BCE – 300 BCE

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Sicilian Wars

480 BCE – 307 BCE

Landmark · Europe

Danube Delta

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 499 BCE and 449 BCE.

499 BCE Ionian Revolt 490 BCE Battle of Marathon 480 BCE Sicilian Wars 480 BCE Battle of Thermopylae 480 BCE Battle of Salamis

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Temple of Confucius, Qufu Landmark · East Asia 478 BCE – still standing Ur Polity · Middle East 3799 BCE – 499 BCE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Warring States Period Conflict · East Asia 475 BCE – 221 BCE Buddha Figure · Northern India / Nepal 563 BCE – 483 BCE Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing
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