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Entry: Mama was a Spartan Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/mama_was_a_spartan#602 Post contents: J Ball, Xerxes was forced to return back across the Hellespont after the Battle of Salamis, but he still had sizeableforces on land. It took the Spartans at the Battle of Platea to rid Greece of Persians for good. After that battle, Persians started hiring Greek soldiers as mercenaries. I do think it is not correct to simply call the Persians bullies... they were retaliating against the Athenian involvement in the destruction of the Persian cities of Ionia in Asia Minor. Sent at: 2008 07 24