The Battle of Marathon was a watershed in the Greco–Persian wars, showing the Greeks that the Persians could be beaten. It also highlighted the superiority of the more heavily armoured Greek hoplites, and showed their potential when ud wily. The Battle of Marathon is perhaps now more famous as the inspiration for the Marathon race.
2．Battle of Salamis薩拉米斯戰役
Victory at Thermopylae meant that all Boeotia fell to Xerxes; and left Attibsp;open to invasion. The remaining population of Athens was evacuated, with the aid of the Allied fleet, to Salamis. The Peloponnesian Allies began to prepare a defensive line across the Isthmus of th, building a wall, and demolishing the road from Megara, abandoning Athens to the Persians. Athens thus fell to the Persians; the small number of Athenians who had barricaded themlves on the Acropolis were eventually defeated, and Xerxes then ordered Athens to be razed.
The Persians had now captured most of Greebsp;but Xerxes had perhaps not expected subsp;defianbsp;his priority was now to plete the war as quickly as possible. If Xerxes could destroy the Allied navy, he would be in a strong position to forbsp;an Allied surrender;verly by avoiding destru, or as Themistocles hoped, by destroying the Persian fleet, the Allies could prevent quest from being pleted.The Allied fleet thus remained off the coast of Salamis into September, despite the immi arrival of the Persians. Even after Athens fell, the Allied fleet remained off the coast of Salamis, trying to lure the Persiao battle. Partly becau of deception by Themistocles, the navies met in the cramped Straits of Salamis.There, the Persian numbers became a hindrance, as ships struggled to maneuver and became disanid. Seizing the opportunity, the Allied fleet attacked, and scored a decisive victory, sinking or capturing at least 200 Persian ships, therefore ensuring the safety of the Peloponnessus.
Acc to Herodotus, after the loss of the battle Xerxes attempted to build a cauway across the el to attabsp;the Athenian evacuees on Salamis, but this projebsp;was soon abandoned. With the Persians’ naval superiority removed, Xerxes feared that the Allies might sail to the Hellespont and destroy the pontoon bridges. His general Mardonius volunteered to remain in Greed plete the quest with a hand–picked group of troops, while Xerxes retreated to Asia with the bulk of the army. Mardonius over–wintered iia and Thessaly; the Atheniahus able to return to their burnt–out city for the winter.