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The second Persian invasion of Greece (480–479 BC) occurred during the Greco-Persian Wars, as King Xerxes I of Persia sought to conquer all of Greece. The invasion was a direct, if delayed, response to the defeat of the first Persian invasion of Greece (492–490 BC) at the Battle of Marathon, which ended Darius I's attempts to subjugate Greece. After Darius's death, his son Xerxes spent several years planning for the second invasion, mustering an enormous army and navy.

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  • The second Persian invasion of Greece (480–479 BC) occurred during the Greco-Persian Wars, as King Xerxes I of Persia sought to conquer all of Greece. The invasion was a direct, if delayed, response to the defeat of the first Persian invasion of Greece (492–490 BC) at the Battle of Marathon, which ended Darius I's attempts to subjugate Greece. After Darius's death, his son Xerxes spent several years planning for the second invasion, mustering an enormous army and navy.
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  • Second Persian invasion of Greece
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  • Persian Empire
  • Greek city states includingAthensandSparta
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  • Decisive Greek victory
strength
  • Total:
  • Land forces:
  • Sea forces:
  • 1,000 Phocians
  • 1,207 triremes
  • 142,235 men
  • 20,000 Arabcamelryand Libyancharioteers
  • 3,000galleysand transport ships
  • 30,000 Greeks from other city-states
  • 4,207 ships
  • 400 Thebans
  • 471 triremes
  • 471triremes
  • 5,000 Corinthians
  • 60,000 cavalry
  • 700 Thespians
  • 7065 marines
  • 715,190 oarsmen
  • 8,000 Athenians
  • 80,070 oarsmen
  • 1,181,400 men (including marines and oarsmen aboard the Persian triremes and supply ships)
  • 100,000 infantry from Scythia, Thrace, and other Balkan territories controlled by Persia
  • 50,000 Persian troops (including 10,000 cavalry and King Xerxes' bodyguard of 10,000Immortals)
  • 10,000 Spartans (including Leonidas' bodyguard of 300)
  • 36,210 marines supplied from the Persians, Medes, and Cissians
  • 200,000 infantry fromMedia, Cissia,India, and other Asian provinces
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