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The Persian kings send armies into Greece. Darius's is beaten at Marathon in 490 BC; ten years later Xerxes burns Athens but loses his fleet at Salamis.
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- EvidenceT5 INDEPENDENT SECULAR; Status: ADDED 2026-09-30
- Letter eraTHE PROPHETS AND THE ROAD 776 BC to 4 BC
- SourcesHerodotus, Histories 6–8.
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