Second Persian invasion of Greece

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Second_Persian_invasion_of_Greece
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:cause Desire of Persian Empire to subjugate Greece
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Achaemenid_Empire
Greek city-states
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Xerxes_I
Leonidas I
Themistocles
gptkbp:endDate 479 BC
gptkbp:followedBy Delian League campaigns
gptkbp:historicalSource gptkb:Herodotus'_Histories
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Second Persian invasion of Greece
gptkbp:legacy Influence on Western civilization
Preservation of Greek independence
gptkbp:location gptkb:Greece
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Artemisium
gptkb:Battle_of_Plataea
gptkb:Battle_of_Salamis
gptkb:Battle_of_Thermopylae
gptkbp:opposingForcesStrength Persian forces: hundreds of thousands (ancient sources, debated)
Greek forces: tens of thousands (varied by battle)
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Greco-Persian_Wars
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:First_Persian_invasion_of_Greece
gptkbp:result Greek victory
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Destruction_of_Athens
gptkb:Formation_of_Hellenic_League
gptkbp:startDate 480 BC
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Xerxes_I
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5