series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire of Persia and poleis of the Hellenic world in the fifth century BCE
Dates, participants and sources of this conflict →Related events
The chronological links below come from Wikidata’s “part of” and “has part” relations. This selection covers 499 BCE — 449 BCE; it does not claim to cover the entire conflict or reconstruct an army’s movements.
- 499 BCE — 493 BCE
Ionian Revolt
On the map ↗ Source · Q208261 - 499 BCE
Siege of Naxos ↗
Source · Q641164 - 498 BCE
Battle of Ephesus ↗
Source · Q2478443 - 497 BCE
Battle of Salamis of Cyprus ↗
Source · Q12411113 - 494 BCE
Battle of Lade ↗
Source · Q427565 - 492 BCE — 490 BCE
First Persian invasion of Greece
On the map ↗ Source · Q2362482 - 490 BCE
Siege of Naxos ↗
Source · Q2035061 - 490 BCE
Siege of Eretria ↗
Source · Q2525990 - 490 BCE
Siege of Lindos ↗
Source · Q28650346 - 12 September 490 BCE
Battle of Marathon
On the map ↗ Source · Q31900 - 480 BCE — 479 BCE
Second Persian invasion of Greece
On the map ↗ Source · Q1122337 - 480 BCE
Siege of Olynthus ↗
Source · Q16683531 - 480 BCE
Siege of Potidaea ↗
Source · Q4337435 - 480 BCE
Battle of Artemisium ↗
Source · Q747679 - July 480 BCE
Battle of Thermopylae
On the map ↗ Source · Q131969 - 29 September 480 BCE
Battle of Salamis
On the map ↗ Source · Q178850 - 479 BCE
Siege of Potidaea ↗
Source · Q18226606 - 479 BCE
Battle of Mycale
On the map ↗ Source · Q503982 - 27 August 479 BCE
Battle of Plataea
On the map ↗ Source · Q204636 - 478 BCE
Siege of Byzantium ↗
Source · Q6131190 - 477 BCE — 449 BCE
Wars of the Delian League
On the map ↗ Source · Q3562309 - 477 BCE
Siege of Eion ↗
Source · Q6130129 - 450 BCE
Siege of Kition ↗
Source · Q11296840 - 450 BCE
Battle of Salamis of Cyprus ↗
Source · Q2466308
Provenance and limits
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