Greco-Persian Wars: The Battle of Plataea

The Battle of Plataea began the next phase of the Greco-Persian wars; the Greek Counter attack. After the remaining Persian troops were defeated, the Greeks were free to reclaim the territories they lost and, eventually, drive the Persian into Asia Minor. As such it was the most important land battle of the Greco-Persian Wars, despite the Battle of Marathon being by far the most famous.

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[liamliam123456]

@Bomber0907 *Greeks were dirty, stinky, hairy, brave, loyal soldiers while the Persians were; dirty, hairy, stinky, powerful, brave, loyal soldiers

[inquestFLASH]

@Bomber0907

lol what non existing nationality are you?lol...

[venustus100]

@Bomber0907 Fuck you!

[Bomber0907]

Greeks were dirty, hairy, stinky pedophiles while Persians were dirty, hairy, stinky, camel-fucking homosexuals

[TheSlimLP]

@NVerkris nice! 

[VigiTV01]

Greek Hoplites they're just , wonderful , with well aware commander in hand , they could do almost anything in battle. They are very well trained , and well toned with the Greek Courage and Fighting spirit and trust in they're comrades. One dead greek is a great lost to them , not losing a comrade in battle , i think that is what in they're head when they battle . That's why they end the battle with very low Casualties.If i could go back to time , i would really go to battle with them!

[PoitierFrance]

@vagos13legend True, greek hoplites were better soldiers, they were proffesional soldiers and also athletes. Herodotus mentions that the persians while equal in courage and strenght to the greeks still lacked the training skills the hoplites had. They also seemed to lack discipline as herodotus mentions that at plataea the persians would sometimes in small groups or even singly rush toward the greek formation. But they probably did that to impress their commanders.

[vagos13legend]

@PoitierFrance Their equipment was better than the persians but again the persians were unbeatable .Thats why the greeks used strategies to beat the persians and also the greek hoplites were better soldiers too,The historians say that the greek hoplites was the best soldier of the ancient world

[PoitierFrance]

@vagos13legend The greeks were heavily outnumbered, but i don't think that really matters if you think about the fact that the greeks soldiers were heavy armoured and long spears compared to light armoured persians with short spears and sword. Even then the persian infantry still hold their ground at marathon and especially at plataea where at the center, mardonius and his 1000 persians fought against the spartans.

[vagos13legend]

@189bundy Thats true but again modern historians agree that the Greeks were heavily outnumbered