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Persian Wars Greek Trading Cards Miltiades (550-489 B.C.E.) • Athenian General who fought at the Battle of Marathon • He came up with a plan to fight them on the plains at Marathon • As a strategy, he attacked the Persians from the flanks and forced them to retreat back to their naval boats • Location: Athens, Greece King Darius (550-486 B.C.E.) • King of the Persian Empire • Came up with a plan to invade the Greek CityStates by crossing the Aegean Sea in 490 B.C.E. • Was unsuccessful at invading the Greeks • Location: Persepolis, Persia Plutarch (45-120 C.E.) • Historian who wrote about Greece and the Persian Wars • Wrote about the wars 500 years later • Location: Delphi, Greece Herodotus (484-425 B.C.E.) • A leading historian who writes about the Persian Wars • He has been known to exaggerate the events of the Persian Wars • Wrote about the ancient 7 Wonders of the World • Known at the Father of History • Location: Greece Pheidippides (530-490 B.C.E.) • Greek Messenger/Runner • He runs to Sparta to rally the Spartans to fight with the Athenians • He also runs from Marathon to Athens to tell everyone about this great victory • Dies of exhaustion after the run! • Location: Athens, Greece Datis (Dates Unknown)-Persian Wars • Persian General • Fought at the Battle of Marathon • Lost and marched his troops back to the Persian Empire • Location: Persia Leonidas (540-480 B.C.E.) • King of Sparta • Led his 300 Spartans and allies soldiers against the Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae • Fought to the death with his men showing courage and heroism • Location: Sparta, Greece King Xerxes (519-465 B.C.E.) • King of the Persian Empire and Son of Darius • Led the 2nd invasion of Greece to avenge his father’s defeat and add the Greeks into his Army • His campaign to take control over Greece is a failure (initially victory at the Battle of Thermopylae) • Location: Persepolis, Greece Ephialtes (Dates unknown) Persia Wars • Greek Traitor (goes against Greece to help the Persians) • Gives a route around Thermopylae Pass to defeat the Spartans and allows for the defeat of the Spartans and their allies • Location: Greece