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The Persian Wars
- The First Persian War: The Ionians revolt against Persia, and King Darius tries to conquer Greece. The battle of Marathon.
- The Second Persian War: King Xerxes of Persia tries to succeed where Darius failed. The battles of Thermopylae, Salamis and Plataea.
Pericles:
An Athenian politician.
The Peloponnesian War
Origins and outcomes
The Syracusan Expedition
Alexander the Great
Childhood and rise to power
Conquests and death