01·The first Persian invasion of Greece in 490 BCE was famously concluded at which battle, where a heavily outnumbered Athenian army won a decisive victory?
02·Who was the Achaemenid king who led the massive second Persian invasion of Greece in 480 BCE, seeking to avenge the earlier defeat?
03·At which narrow coastal pass did a small force of Greeks, led by King Leonidas of Sparta, make a heroic last stand against the much larger Persian army?
04·Which naval battle in 480 BCE was a decisive victory for the outnumbered Greek fleet, largely due to the strategic brilliance of the Athenian politician Themistocles?
05·What event, beginning in 499 BCE when Greek cities in Asia Minor rebelled against Persian rule, is considered the primary trigger for the Persian Wars?
06·What was the final major land battle of the second Persian invasion, fought in 479 BCE, which resulted in a conclusive victory for the allied Greek forces?
07·Following the Persian Wars, Athens led the formation of which alliance of Greek city-states to continue the fight against Persia and liberate Ionian cities?
08·Who was the Athenian general credited with devising the tactics that led to the unexpected victory at the Battle of Marathon?
09·What was the name given to the elite heavy infantry unit of the Achaemenid army, a royal bodyguard said to always number exactly 10,000 men?
10·Often called the 'Father of History', which Greek writer provides the main historical narrative for the Persian Wars in his work 'The Histories'?
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