The Battle That Saved Greece — Plataea (479 BCE)

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Plataea (479 BCE) — The Battle That Ended the Persian Invasion of Greece August, 479 BCE. Near Plataea, Greece. One year after Thermopylae. Weeks after Salamis. The Persian Empire makes one final attempt to conquer Greece. On the plain below Plataea stands Mardonius with the largest Persian army