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Bible Encyclopedias
Persian Wars
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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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.
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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.
