Achaemenid Empire
Overview
Thrace
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and Macedon
Macedon
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on the northeastern border of Greece
Greece
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Timeline
522 BC Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta, securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire.
480 BC The Battle of Thermopylae, fought between 300 Spartans, led by their king, Leonidas, and the Achaemenid Empire begins
479 BC Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan commander of the Greek army in the Battle of Plataea.