Battle of Plataea (478 BC)

Battle of Plataea (Greek city-states & Sparta & Athens & Corinth & Megara vs Achaemenid Empire Greek vassals: & Boeotia & Thessalia & Macedon) took place in 478 BC during Greco-Persian Wars.

Battle facts

• Year: 478 BC
• Date: -0478-08-2
• Era: Classical
• Conflict: Greco-Persian Wars
• Side A: Greek city-states, Sparta, Athens, Corinth, Megara
• Side B: Achaemenid Empire Greek vassals:, Boeotia, Thessalia, Macedon
• Commanders (A): Pausanias, Amompharetus, Aristodemus, Callicrates, Euryanax
• Commanders (B): Mardonius, Hegesistratus, Masistius, Artabazos
• Outcome: Greek victory
• Coordinates: 38.240°, 23.318°

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