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battle of plataea

/ˈbætəl əv pləˈtiːə/

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/ˈbætəl əv pləˈtiːə/formalpolitical
  • ruИсторическое военное сражение, произошедшее в 479 году до н.э. близ города Платеи в Древней Греции, в котором объединённые греческие города-государства решительно разгромили Персидскую империю, фактически положив конец второму персидскому вторжению в Грецию.

A historical military engagement fought in 479 BCE near the city of Plataea in ancient Greece, where the allied Greek city-states decisively defeated the Persian Empire, effectively ending the second Persian invasion of Greece.

  1. Ancient Greek battleC2formal

    A major land battle fought in 479 BC near the city of Plataea in Boeotia, where the allied Greek city-states decisively defeated the Persian Empire, ending the second Persian invasion of Greece.

    ruДревнегреческое сражение

    • The Battle of Plataea is considered the final major engagement of the Greco-Persian Wars.
    • After the Battle of Plataea, the Persians retreated from mainland Greece.
    • Historians often credit the Spartan general Pausanias with leading the Greeks to victory at Plataea.