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Plataea Battle
Question | Answer |
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What year did the Battle at Plataea take place? | 479 BCE |
What did Xerxes hope to achieve by attacking Athens’ ally, Plataea? Was this plan successful? | Xerxes attacks Athens’ ally, Plataea, to draw Athens into battle – big mistake because the Spartan army was there (Pausanias = leader of combined army) |
Was the size of the Persian army helpful during this battle? Why or why not? | once again the Persians find themselves fighting in a narrow passage (between two mountains in Plataea) so their numerical advantage is useless |
What was the result of the Battle of Plataea? | Persians are slaughtered – Persians lost 257,000 troops, Greeks lost 159. Greece Won the Persian War! |