BATTLE OF PLATAEA 479 BCE
The battles of Thermopylae and Salamis are the most famous engagements of the Second Persian Invasion of Greece. Nevertheless, the Battle of Plataea was also important in helping to secure the independence of the Greek city-states from Persian domination.
Thermopylae and Salamis both occurred in 480 BCE and the major Persian defeat at the latter battle left King Xerxes I disheartened. He returned back to his territories in the Achaemenid Empire
