Persian Wars,
term usually applied to the two Persian attempts to conquer Greece in 490 and 480/79 bc. The origins of the conflict go back to mainland Greek involvement in the rebellion of the Asiatic Greeks against Persian rule, earlier in the 5th cent. (... ...
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