Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Greece yakadzivirirwa pakurwiswazve apo kupindirana kusingafungidzirwe (490<unk>480 BC) kwakaitika nekuda kwekumukira muEjipitori muna 486 BC uye kurwara kwaDhariusi nekufa gore iroro. Pakazosvika 480 BC, mutsivi waDhariusi, mwanakomana wake Xerxes I (485<unk>465 BC) akanga aunganidza uto guru, uye akafamba achienda kuEurope nokuyambuka Hellespont achishandisa mabhiriji emabhiriji, akasangana ndokukurira vaGiriki muHondo yeThermopylae gare gare gore iroro ndokuparadza Atene. Zvisinei, kurasikirwa nengarava dzePezhiya paHondo yeSalamis kwakaita kuti vaGiriki vatonge gungwa, uye Xerxes akadzokera kuAsia. Gore rakatevera (479 BC) vaGiriki vakawana kukunda kwakasimba paPlatea umo Mardonius akaurayiwawo, achiteverwa neimwe kukunda kwechikepe paMycale
. Girisi yakabva yaenda kunorwisa, ikakunda Byzantium neSestos uye nokudaro yakadzora Hellespont.