They lost the Ionian War, then Athens and Plataia repelled a Persian attack 490 BCE, then the southern Greek states combined to defeat a major Persian invasion in a sea battle at Salamis 480 and land battles at Plataia and Mykale 479, and then later at battles at Eurymedon 466 and Cyprus 450 BCE. Persia then agreed to peace terms.

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