Lectionary Calendar
Monday, May 6th, 2024
the Sixth Week after Easter
the Sixth Week after Easter
Attention!
Take your personal ministry to the Next Level by helping StudyLight build churches and supporting pastors in Uganda.
Click here to join the effort!
Click here to join the effort!
Bible Encyclopedias
Persian Wars
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Search for…
or Resource Toolbox
Wars conducted by Persia in the three expeditions against Greece, first in 490 B.C. under Darius, and defeated by the Athenians under Miltiades at Marathon; the second, 480 B.C., under Xerxes, opposed by Leonidas and his 300 Spartans at Thermopylæ and defeated by the Athenians under Themistocles at Salamis by sea; and the third, in 479 B.C., under Xerxes, by the Greeks under the Spartan Pausanius at Platæa.
Copyright Statement
Public Domain.
Public Domain.
Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Persian Wars'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/persian-wars.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Persian Wars'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/persian-wars.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
