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role in Xerxes I’s invasion of Greece

...men according to Herodotus and
Thucydides. The Persians were defeated at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC, and the Greek cities of Asia Minor were liberated. The Persians were defeated at the Battle of Plataea in 479 BC, and the Greek cities of Asia Minor were liberated. The Persians were defeated