The wars between Greece and Persia
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I can describe some of the famous battles between the Greeks and the Persians.
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The first major battle between the Greek city-states and Persia was at Marathon.
The Persian army fought its way onto the beach before being repulsed; a runner was sent to declare victory in Athens.
The new Persian king Xerxes attacked Greece by land, taking days to defeat a small band of Greeks at Thermopylae.
The Persians then captured Athens, destroying the temple atop the acropolis before the sea-battle of Salamis.
At Salamis, the Persians were defeated, preventing Persia from conquering Greece.
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