At the decisive battles of
Plataea and Mycale, the
Greek army defeats and
definitively expels Persian
forces from Greece to bring
Xerxes’ invasion to an end.
479 b.c.
SHUTTERSTOCKPERSIA’S CAPITAL
Persepolis was
founded by Darius I,
also known as Darius
the Great—the king
who initiated the war
against Greece that
his son Xerxes then
continued.