Achaemenid Empire Timeline of Events

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Achaemenid Empire

The Achaemenid Empire , sometimes known as First Persian Empire and/or Persian Empire, was founded in the 6th century BCE by Cyrus the Great who overthrew the Median confederation...

Timeline of Events

522BC

9.29.522 BC

Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta, securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire.

480BC

9.17.480 BC

The Battle of Thermopylae, fought between 300 Spartans, led by their king, Leonidas, and the Achaemenid Empire begins

479BC

8.27.479 BC

Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan commander of the Greek army in the Battle of Plataea.