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Battle of Mycale
-479 • Ionien Amphibischer Angriff

Map of the battle of Mycale. Fleeing Persians were able to follow the river to the mountain range.
Author: Marco Prins and Jona Lendering (dead link).License:CC-BY-SA-4.0
Historical Overview
The Battle of Mycale was one of the two major battles that ended the second Persian invasion of Greece during the Greco-Persian Wars. It took place on 27 or 28 August, 479 BC on the slopes of Mount Mycale, which is located on the coast of Ionia opposite the island of Samos. The battle was fought between an alliance of Greek city-states, including Sparta, Athens and Corinth; and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I.
Quick Facts
Outcome:Decisive Greek victory; end of Persian maritime dominance.
Greek Navy
- Commander: Leotychidas II.
- Strength: ca. 5.000 - 10.000 Mann
- Casualties: Gering
Achaemenid Empire
- Commander: Tigranes
- Strength: ca. 60.000 Mann
- Casualties: Hoch
Strategic Context
Final destruction of Persian naval capabilities in the Aegean and liberation of the Ionian Greeks.
Conflict / War
Persian Wars
Persian victory; destruction of Miletus.
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