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Flavius Belisarius was a general of the Byzantine Empire who served under Justinian I. He was unable to defeat the Persian Army at the Battle of Callinicum.

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The Persian empire was gone 700 years before the Byzantine general Belisarius was around. His battles were against the Goths and Vandals in Italy and North Africa.

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Why was the battle of plataea so important?

After the Persian navy had been defeated in 480 at Salamis, the Greek cities were able to concentrate and defeat the Persian army, ending the invasion of peninsular Greece.


Why were the Greeks able to defeat the Persians at the Plain of Marathon?

It was the Athenian and Plataian armies, which defeated the inferior Persian infantry caught without its cavalry support.


What was important about that Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C.?

The Battle of Marathon was a turning point during the first Persian invasion of Greece. The Persians vastly outnumbered the Greeks on the battlefield, but the Greeks were able to defeat them. The Greeks charged the Persian troops with a thin weaker line, while the Greeks' left and right flanks consisted of stronger troops who quickly surrounded the Persian troops and attacked them on both sides. It was a crushing defeat for the Persians, and the battle convinced the Greeks that while the Persian Empire had vast armies and archers, it was possible to defeat them.


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How could the small Greek city-states defeat the huge Persian Empire?

They banded together as a cohesive force, producing a combined navy which outmanoeuvred and defeated the Persian navy; and then without the threat of naval attacks on their cities, they were able so send out their armies to combine and defeat the Persian army. The Persian army was also weakened as, after losing the ability of their navy to protect their resupply fleet coming from Asia, they then had to send half their army home as they could not feed it, and this evened up the size of the opposing armies. And the Greek army had armoured warriors which outclassed the unarmoured soldiers of the Persian army. It all hung on the elimination of the Persian fleet at Salamis.

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Why was the battle of plataea so important?

After the Persian navy had been defeated in 480 at Salamis, the Greek cities were able to concentrate and defeat the Persian army, ending the invasion of peninsular Greece.


What was the significants of the battle of Plataea?

The Persian invasion of Greece was dependent on a dual effort of sea and land forces. After the defeat of the Persian fleet at Salamis in 480 BCE, the Greek cities were able to send out their armies from defending their cities from amphibious invasion, and assemble at Plataea to defeat the Persian army. Their victory there ended the Persian attempt to impose peace on the ever-warring Greek city-states, and they were able to go back to their usual occupation of fighting each other.


What was one major battle from the Persian Wars and the role geography played?

The Battle of Salamis was brought on by the Greeks in order to end the Persian amphibious threat to the Greek city-states. This threat made the cities keep their armies at home in self defence. The defeat of the Persian navy at Salamis ended that threat, and the cities were then able to send out their armies to unite and defeat the Persian army at Plataea, ending the Persian invasion.


What are the advantageof plataea?

The Greek coalition offered battle on the rough ground of the foothills where the Persian cavalry could not operate effectively, and the Greek armoured infantry was able to defeat the inferior Persian unarmoured infantry.


Was the battle of Plataea turning point for the Greeks?

After destroying Persian sea power at the battle of Salamis, they were able to defeat their army, and so end the attempt by the Persians to incorporate the cities of mainland Greece into the Persian Empire.


Why were the Greeks able to defeat the Persians at the Plain of Marathon?

It was the Athenian and Plataian armies, which defeated the inferior Persian infantry caught without its cavalry support.


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How did the Persian War in Salamis end?

The successful battle of Salamis in 480 BCE during the Persian War 499-449 BCE gave the Greek cities control of the sea, and this so weakened the Persian land forces that the Greeks were able to defeat them the following year at Plataia, and so turn bak the Persian invasion.


Why was battle of plataea a turning point for the Greeks?

After destroying Persian sea power at the battle of Salamis, they were able to defeat their army, and so end the attempt by the Persians to incorporate the cities of mainland Greece into the Persian Empire.