Battle of Mycale

When

479 BCE

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

37.69° N, 27.16° E

Description

479 BCE battle that decisively ended Xerxes's invasion of Greece

Battle that decisively ended Xerxes's invasion of Greece (479 BC)

The Battle of Mycale was one of the two major battles that ended the second Persian invasion of Greece during the Greco-Persian Wars. It took place on 27 or 28 August, 479 BC on the slopes of Mount Mycale, which is located on the coast of Ionia opposite the island of Samos. The battle was fought between an alliance of Greek city-states, including Sparta, Athens and Corinth; and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Meanwhile at sea, the Persians are defeated by a Greek fleet headed by Leotychidas of Sparta and Xanthippus of Athens in the Battle of Mycale”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le même jour selon la tradition, défaite navale perse au cap Mycale (Ionie) devant les Grecs commandés par le roi spartiate Léotychidas II et par l’Athénien…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “разгром персидского войска и флота в Ионии в битве при Микале”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “La flota de Temístocles y del rey espartano Leotíquidas II derrota en el promontorio de Mícala (Samos) a la flota persa”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “معركة ميكالي”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Second Persian invasion of Greece480 BCE · War