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The Ancient Greeks were well known for their warfare, you only have to think of the films Alexander, Troy and 300 to find out the world renowned stories of Greece in battle. Today you are going to find out about the major Ancient Greek wars and the impact they had on the advance of civilisation and war as we know it. The Greco-Persian Wars. Of all the wars this is probably the most well known, not so much for the war itself but more for some of the famous battles within.
Definition: Spartans, Tegeans, and Athenians fought the Persian army that remained in Greece, at the final battle on Greek soil of the Persian Wars, the Battle of Plataea, in 479 B.C. Xerxes and his fleet had returned to Persia, but Persian troops remained in Greece, under Mardonius.They stationed themselves for battle in a place suitable for their horsemen -- the plain. Under the Spartan leader Pausanias, the Greeks stationed themselves advantageously in the foothills of Mt. Cithaeron.thens grew in power and continued to pursue the Persians, so even though the Battle at Plataea was the final, main battle of Greeks against Persians on Greek soil, it wasn't until 449 that Athens and Persia put an end to the Persian Wars. The Year of the Salamis, 480-479 B.C.: The Greco-Persian Wars, by Peter Green.