Ancient Greece Maps

Battles of the Persian WarsIn the early 5th century bc the Persian Empire twice invaded Greece, which at that time was made up of a number of individual city-states. Victorious at Marathon, Salamís, and Plataea, the Greeks drove out the Persian invaders and entered a new era of military might.Microsoft ® Encarta ® Reference Library 2003. © 1993-2002 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.