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| 479 BC |
| | | A Spartan army, led by Pausanias, wins a victory at Plataea, completing the rout of the Persians on the Greek mainland | |
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| 479 BC |
| | | An Athenian force destroys at Mykale the remainder of the Persian fleet, ending the threat from them at sea | |
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| 478 BC |
| | | In the last joint campaign by Sparta and Athens the strategically important city of Byzantium is liberated from Persian rule | |
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| 478 BC |
| | | The Delian League is formed for mutual defence, but also to liberate the Greek cities of Ionia from Persian rule | |
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| c. 466 BC |
| | | The Athenian general Cimon wins a spectacular victory over the Persians at the mouth of the Eurymedon River, in southwest Turkey | |
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| c. 460 BC |
| | | Herodotus, the 'father of history', writes his account of the Greco-Persian Wars from a vantage point in Asia Minor | |
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| 460 BC |
| | | Simmering hostilities between the allies of Sparta and Athens develop into endemic conflict among the Greek city states of the Peloponnese | |
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| 460 BC |
| | | Forces of the Delian League assist the Egyptians in a successful revolt against their Persian rulers | |
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| 454 BC |
| | | The Greeks suffer a major reverse when their fleet is trapped on the Nile and destroyed by the Persians | |
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| 450 BC |
| | | The Athenians mount successful attacks on the Persian forces occupying the Greek island of Cyprus | |
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