World Famous Battles
World Famous Battles Battle of Marathon 490 BC Athenians and Persians. King Darius of Persia defeated. Battle of Thermoplaye 480 BC Spartans led by Leonidas and Persians led by Xerexes. Greeks defeated. Battle of Salamis 480 BC Athenian fleet and Persian fleet in bay of Salamis; Persian fleet defeated. Battle of Platae 479 BC Greek and Persians forces defeated. Battle of Mycale 479 BC Greek and Persian fleets; Persian fleet defeated. Spartan War I (Peloponesian War) 459 BC Sparta and Athens, lasted for 30 years. Spartan War II Home 431 BC-421 Sparta and Athens; Spartans victorious. Battle of Arabia 331 BC Greek and Persian forces; Greeks victorious. Battle of Magnesia 190 BC Syrian and Roman forces; Syrian forces defeated (North-west Lydia). Battle of Pharasalus 48 AD Caesar defeated Pompey. Battle of Hastings 1066 William, the Duck of Normandy defeated Harold, the king of England. England came under the control of Normans. Hundred- year War 1338- 1453 Fought between France and E