Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Girka ta sami ƙarin mamayewa lokacin da ba a shirya ba tsakanin yaƙe-yaƙe (490<unk>480 BC) ya faru saboda tawaye a Masar a 486 BC da rashin lafiyar Darius da mutuwa a wannan shekarar. A shekara ta 480 kafin haihuwar Yesu, magajin Darius, dansa Xerxes I (485<unk>465 BC) ya tara babbar runduna, kuma ya yi tafiya zuwa Turai ta hanyar ƙetare Hellespont ta hanyar gadoji, ganawa da kayar da Helenawa a yakin Thermopylae daga baya a wannan shekarar da kuma lalata Athens. Amma, da aka ci sojojin Farisa a Yaƙin Salamis, sai Helenawa suka ci nasara a kan tekun, kuma Xerxes ya koma Asiya. A shekara mai zuwa (479 BC) Helenawa sun sami nasara mai nasara a Platea wanda aka kashe Mardonius, sannan kuma wani nasara na ruwa a
Mycale. - Ta yaya? Sai Helenawa suka ci gaba da yaƙi, suka ci Birnin Byzantium da kuma Sestos kuma suka mallaki Hellespont.