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| Persian Wars | Includes battles of Marathon, Salamis, and Plataea. |
| Delian League | Alliance of Greek cities led by Athens. |
| Darius I | King of Persia, also fought in Battle of Marathon,Persians were defeated by the Greek forces at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BCE, |
| Marathon | Athenian army moved to block Persia and trap them. |
| Xerxes | Persian King, the son and successor of Darius I,involved in the battles of Thermopylae, Salamis, and Plataea. |
| Leonidas | Led greek forces in the second Pesian war, Fought in the battle of Thermopylae. |
| Thermopylae | Battle during the Persian war at a mountain pass called Thermopylae. |
| Salamis | Naval battle between the Athens and Persians, Won by the out numbered Greeks. |
| Artemesium | Persians defeat Greeks in this naval battle, Occurs at the sametime as the battle of Thermopylae. |
| Platea | The Greeks defeat the Persian, This battle concluded the war. |
| Themistocles | Athenia politician and general, he was involved in the Battle of Salamis in 480 BCE. |
| Miltiades | Athenian citizen know for his role in the battle of Marathon as well as his down fall afterwards. |
