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Battle of Plataea

The final crushing defeat of Persia's land army at Plataea ended Xerxes' invasion and sealed Greek independence, marking the turning point from Persian domination to Hellenic ascendancy.

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The Battle of Plataea was the final land battle during the second Persian invasion of Greece. It took place in 479 BC near the city of Plataea in Boeotia, and was fought between an alliance of the Greek city-states, and the Achaemenid Empire of Xerxes I.

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