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  2. The Persians - Wikipedia

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    The Persians (Ancient Greek: Πέρσαι, Persai, Latinised as Persae) is an ancient Greek tragedy written during the Classical period of Ancient Greece by the Greek tragedian Aeschylus. It is the second and only surviving part of a now otherwise lost trilogy that won the first prize at the dramatic competitions in Athens ' City Dionysia ...

  3. Battle of Marathon - Wikipedia

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    The battle ended when the Persian centre then broke in panic towards their ships, pursued by the Greeks. [88] Some, unaware of the local terrain, ran towards the swamps where unknown numbers drowned. [52] [89] The Athenians pursued the Persians back to their ships, and managed to capture seven ships, though the majority were able to launch ...

  4. Battle of Thermopylae - Wikipedia

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    A Persian soldier at the time of the Second Achaemenid invasion of Greece. After the Persians' departure, the Greeks collected their dead and buried them on the hill. A full 40 years after the battle, Leonidas' bones were returned to Sparta, where he was buried again with full honours; funeral games were held every year in his memory. [116] [123]

  5. Greco-Persian Wars - Wikipedia

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    The Greco-Persian Wars (also often called the Persian Wars) were a series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire and Greek city-states that started in 499 BC and lasted until 449 BC. The collision between the fractious political world of the Greeks and the enormous empire of the Persians began when Cyrus the Great conquered the Greek ...

  6. Medo-Persian conflict - Wikipedia

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    The Medo-Persian conflict was a military campaign led by the Median king Astyages against Persis in the mid 6th-century BCE. Classical sources claim that Persis had been a vassal of the Median kingdom that revolted against Median rule, but this is not confirmed by contemporary evidence.

  7. Fact-Checking Rivals’ Promise of Equal Opportunity Nudity ...

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    Tennant, 53, meanwhile, complimented the show for providing an intimacy coordinator due to Rivals' more risqué scenes. Fact Checking Rivals Promise of Equal Opportunity Nudity

  8. Justin Baldoni says he had a 'near breakdown' after filming ...

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    Justin Baldoni says he had a 'near breakdown' after filming scary “It Ends With Us ”scene with Blake Lively: 'So much pain' Emlyn Travis December 5, 2024 at 8:34 AM

  9. Persians - Wikipedia

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    The Persians (/ ˈ p ɜːr ʒ ən z / PUR-zhənz or / ˈ p ɜːr ʃ ən z / PUR-shənz) are a Western Iranian ethnic group who comprise the majority of the population of Iran. [4] They share a common cultural system and are native speakers of the Persian language [6] [7] [8] as well as of the languages that are closely related to Persian.