Plataea was the final land battle (479 ) between the Greeks iand Persians in war led by Persian king Xerxes.

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Fought in 479 between the Greeks and the Persians, Plataea was the final land battle in the Persian War led by Xerxes (the first Persian War had been led by Xerxes' father, Darius I ). The Persians had been driven from mainland Greece after their defeat at Salamis in 480 In this illustration dating to 1906, the Greeks are to the right, the Persians to the left.

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