Plataea Battle
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| What year did the Battle at Plataea take place? | 479 BCE
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| 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)
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| 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
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| 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!
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