In some ways the run-up to Plataea resembled that at the Battle of Marathon; there was a prolonged stalemate in which neither side risked attacking the other.According to Herodotus, both sides wished for a decisive battle that would tip the war in their favor.When Mardonius' raids disrupted the Allied supply chain, it forced the Allies to rethink their strategy. The Allied contingents in the centre missed their appointed position and ended up scattered in front of Plataea itself.According to Herodotus, the Spartans sent 45,000 men â 5,000 According to Herodotus, there were a total of 69,500 lightly armed troops â 35,000 helotsThe number of hoplites is accepted as reasonable (and possible); the Athenians alone had fielded 10,000 hoplites at the Battle of Marathon.A further complication is that a certain proportion of the Allied manpower was needed to man the fleet, which amounted to at least 110 triremes, and thus approximately 22,000 men.The Greek forces were, as agreed by the Allied congress, under the overall command of Spartan royalty in the person of The figure of 300,000 has been doubted, along with many of Herodotus' numbers, by many historians; modern consensus estimates the total According to modern estimates based on the order of battle described by Herodotus, the detailed composition of the Achaemenid army consisted in about 40,000 Persian troops on the left of the battle line, facing the Spartans, about 20,000 Herodotus described in detail the dispositions of the two armies: They kept Persia from conquering all of Greece, although they paid a high price by losing many of their men.Militarily, the major lesson of both Plataea and Mycale (since both were fought on land) was to re-emphasise the superiority of the A bronze column in the shape of intertwined snakes (the The main source for the Greco-Persian Wars is the Greek historian Some subsequent ancient historians, despite following in his footsteps, criticised Herodotus, starting with Congratulations on this excellent venture⦠what a great idea!I use WIKI 2 every day and almost forgot how the original Wikipedia looks like.
The destruction of this army, and the remnants of the Persian navy allegedly on the same day at the A preliminary expedition under Mardonius, in 492Â BC, to secure the land approaches to Greece ended with the re-conquest of Darius therefore began raising a huge new army with which he meant to completely subjugate Greece. The Ionian Revolt threatened the integrity of his empire, and he thus vowed to punish those involved (especially those not already part of the empire). Rather than now moving to attack, however, they instead looked to retreat and secure their lines of communication.Once the Persians discovered that the Greeks had abandoned their positions and appeared to be in retreat, Mardonius decided to set off in immediate pursuit with the elite Persian infantry.According to Herodotus, Pausanias refused to advance because good omens were not divined in the goat sacrifices that were performed.The numerically superior Persian infantry were of the heavy (by Persian standards) On the opposite side of the battlefield the Athenians had triumphed in a tough battle against the Thebans.According to Herodotus, only 43,000 Persians survived the battle.Herodotus recounts several anecdotes about the conduct of specific Spartans during the battle. Thinking the Greeks in full retreat, Mardonius ordered his forces to pursue them, but the Greeks (particularly the Spartans, Tegeans and Athenians) halted and gave battle, routing the lightly armed Persian A large portion of the Persian army was trapped in its camp and slaughtered.
Moreover, the threat of future invasion was abated; although the Greeks remained worried that Xerxes would try again, over time it became apparent that the Persian desire to conquer Greece was much diminished.The remnants of the Persian army, under the command of Artabazus, tried to retreat back to Plataea and Mycale have great significance in ancient history as the battles that decisively ended the second Persian invasion of Greece, thereby swinging the balance of the Greco-Persian Wars in favour of the Greeks.
The Persian Empire was still relatively young and prone to revolts by its subject peoples.
However, he died before the invasion could begin.The Allies initially adopted a strategy of blocking land and sea approaches to southern Greece.Following Thermopylae, the Persian army proceeded to burn and sack the Boeotian cities that had not surrendered, Following the defeat of his navy at Salamis, Xerxes retreated to Asia with the bulk of his army. But even so, such is our love of liberty, that we will never surrender. The battle was in 479 BC near the city of Plataea in Boeotia.It was fought between the Greek allies (the city-states, of Sparta, Athens, Corinth and Megara), and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I.