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Who was the Persian king that fought against the Greeks at the battles of salamis and Marathon?
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∙ 9y ago
The name of the King that was fighting in the battle of the Marathon was Leonidas. I am not sure which King you are talking about, but this is Athens King.
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Leonidas was not present at Marathon since he is the king of Sparta and they(the spartan army) arrived late for the battle due to a festival. Athens was a democracy so it had no king. The only king that might have been present was the king of Plataea(the only greek city who helped athens) but history seem to have forgotten his name.
Addendum:
True, there were no kings at Marathon. Perhaps the first answerer is confusing it with the fight at Thermopylae ten years later, when the Spartan king Leonidas led the defence of the pass, or the battle of Plataea eleven years later when there were two kings present - Pausanias king of Sparta and Xerxes king of Persia.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoAt the time of the land battle of Marathon in 490 BCE the Persian king was Darius the Great. He himself did not attend as it was only a punitive expedition he sent.
At the naval battle of Salamis in 480 BCE it was Darius' successor Xerxes the Great, who watched this naval battle from a hill overlooking the Salamis Strait.
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∙ 8y agoHe did not invade Greece. King Darius the Greatsent a punitive amphibious expedition in 490 BCE against the city-states of Eretria and Athens for their 498 BCE participation in supporting the Ionian Revolt in Asia Minor, during which the Athenians burnt the gods at his provincial capital of Sardis. The expedition captured Eretria, but was defeated when it landed at Marathon to attack Athens, and returned home.
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∙ 15y agoKing Darius I. When he was trying to punish Greece for not bowing to his will, he decided to invade. He was finally defeated at the Battle of Marathon.
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∙ 7y agoDarius the Great.
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What happened during the battles between Persia and the Greeks at Marathon Salamis and Thermopylae?
At Marathon and Salamis, the Greek cities defeated the Persian forces. At Thermopylai the Persian forces defeated the Greek cities.
What was Marathon the most important war?
Marathon was not a war, it was one battle in a 50-year war between Persia and the Greek city-states. The most important battles were Salamis, Plataea and Mycale. The significance of Marathon is that it was the first time that the Persians were defeated, and this Athenian victory showed to the other Greek city states, after nine years of Persian victories, that the Persians could be beaten.
What does the battle of marathon salamis and thermopylae have in common?
They were all part of the Persian attempt to subdue troubles to its empire from the city-states of mainland Greece.
What Persian king let attacks against the Greeks at the Thermopylae and Salamis bay?
the king was Xerxes
What were two battles during the Persian wars that left the Aegean Sea under Greek control?
Salamis 480 BCE and Mycale 479 BCE.
The battles at marathon thermopylae and salamis were part of what war?
The answer is the Persian war.
Significant battles of Persian war?
Lade, Marathon, Salamis, Plataia, Eurymedon, Cyprus.
What battles were part of the Persian War?
Lade, Marathon, Salamis, Plataea, Mycale, Cyprus.
What happened during the battles between Persia and the Greeks at Marathon Salamis and Thermopylae?
At Marathon and Salamis, the Greek cities defeated the Persian forces. At Thermopylai the Persian forces defeated the Greek cities.
How many decade were there between the battles of Salamis and marathon?
There is only one decade between the battles of Salamis and Marathon.- Sonia
What is the site of the Persian war?
Greece. There were two Persian Wars. The First Persian War in 490 BC had only one major battle (Marathon). The Second Persian War in 480-479 BC had three major battles (Thermopylae, Salamis, Plataea). Salamis was a sea battle. The sites can be found on a map of ancient Greece, and possibly even on a map of modern Greece.
What were all of the battles of the greco- Persian war?
1st- Battle of Marathon 2nd- Battle of Thermopylae 3rd- Battle of Salamis 4th- Battle of Plataea
Who did Greece fight at marathon and Salamis?
Persian King Darius I
Salamis marathon and theramoplae what this battles have in comin?
the salamis and theramoplae have in common is they both have fought in ships
How many decades where there between the battles of salamis and marathon?
8
Which of the Persian battles was fought entirely on the water?
Artemesion, Salamis.
Why couldn't the Greeks strike a fatal blow against the Persians?
They did at the battles of Salamis, Plataea and Mykale, which saw the Persian invasion force withdrawn.
