Region: Southern Europe · Coordinates: 38.221, 23.274 · 24 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 479 BC | Diodorus Siculus, Library of History | Battle of Plataea: Mardonius was forced to extend his line deep, and he deployed his army. |
| 479 BC | Herodotus, Histories | The Greek army marches along the foot of Cithaeron to Plataea, arranges its positions, and Tegea and Athens dispute |
| 479 BC | Herodotus, Histories | Mardonius deploys his troops |
| 479 BC | Herodotus, Histories | The Persians ambush the supply train and kill all the men and animals |
| 479 BC | Herodotus, Histories | The Greeks decide to withdraw to the islands, but the night retreat scatters them |
| 479 BC | Herodotus, Histories | The Spartans and Tegeans fight beside the sanctuary of Demeter; Mardonius is killed and the Persians flee to their palisade |
| 479 BC | Herodotus, Histories | The Athenians attack the palisade and, after a fierce battle, take it |
| 479 BC | Herodotus, Histories | The Spartans are judged to have fought most fiercely |
| 479 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | Aristides arrives at Plataea leading 8,000 Athenian hoplites |
| 479 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | Mardonius sends cavalry against the Greeks at the foot of Cithaeron |
| 479 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | The Spartan Arimnestus kills Mardonius |
| 431 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | About 300 Thebans seize Plataea by night when insiders open the gates |
| 431 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | The Plataeans counterattack at night, killing or capturing the Thebans (180 prisoners) |
| 431 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | The Plataeans execute the 180 Theban prisoners |
| 431 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | Athens garrisons Plataea and evacuates non-combatants |
| 429 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | Sparta attacks Plataea instead of Attica; the Plataeans appeal and are refused |
| 429 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | They build a palisade and begin raising a siege mound to the height of the wall (70 days and nights) |
| 429 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | They try to set the city on fire with brushwood, sulfur and pitch, but a downpour puts it out |
| 429 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | They build a double siege wall and leave a garrison, switching to a blockade (defenders: 400 Plataeans plus 80 Athenians) |
| 428 BC | Diodorus Siculus, Library of History | Sparta besieged Plataea and enclosed it with a wall. |
| 428 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | The starving Plataeans resolve to break out through the siege lines |
| 428 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | In a storm they break through the siege wall, with some casualties |
| 427 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | Out of food, Plataea surrenders to the Spartan commander |
| 427 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | After a trial, 200 Plataeans and 25 Athenians are executed and the city is destroyed |