What is Battle of Plataea?
{{Infobox Military Conflict |conflict=Battle of Plataea |partof=the [[Greco-Persian Wars]] |image=Map Greco-Persian Wars-en.svg |caption= The Greek world at the time of the battle |date=August 479 BC |place=[[Plataea]], [[Greece]] |result=Decisive [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] victory. |territory=Persia loses control of [[Attica]] and [[Boeotia]]. |combatant1=[[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[city-state]]s |combatant2=[[Achaemenid|Achaemenid Empire]] |commander1=[[Pausanias (general)|Pausanias]] |commander2=[[Mardonius]]{{KIA}} |strength1=110,000 ([[Herodotus]])<br />100,000 ([[Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus|Pompeius]])<br /><br />~40,000<br />(Modern consensus) |strength2=300,000 (Herodotus)<br /><br />70,000–120,000 <br />(Modern consensus, including Greek allies) |casualties1=10,000+ ([[Ephorus]] and [[Diodorus]])<br />1,360 ([[Plutarch]])<br />159 ([[Herodotus]]) |casualties2=257,000 (Herodotus) }} [[File:Battle of Plataea part 1.png|thumb|right|250px|Starting lineup]] [[File:Battle of Plataea part 2.PNG|thumb|right|250px|Battle lines]] The '''Battle of Plataea''' was the final land battle during the second [[Iran|Persian]] invasion of [[Greece]]. It was a [[decisive victory]] for the Greeks as it ended that war.<ref>Cavendish, Marshall, ''Ancient Greece: An Illustrated History'' (New York: Marshall Cavendish Reference, 2011), p. 96</ref> The battle was in 479 BC near the city of [[Plataea]] in [[Boeotia]]. It was fought between the [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] allies (the [[city-state]]s, of [[Sparta]], [[Athens]], [[Corinth]] and [[Megara]]), and the [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian Empire]] of [[Xerxes I]]. The previous year, the Persian invasion force, led by the Xerxes in person, won the Battles of [[Battle of Thermopylae|Thermopylae]] and [[Battle of Artemisium|Artemisium]], and conquered [[Thessaly]], Boeotia and [[Attica]]. However, at the last-ditch naval [[Battle of Salamis]], the Allied Greek navy had won a surprise victory, and that stopped the conquest of the whole [[Peloponnesus]]. Xerxes then returned home with some of