 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mumakumi maviri emakore akatevera kwaizova nokurwiswa kweGirisi kaviri nePezhiya, kusanganisira dzimwe hondo dzakakurumbira zvikuru munhau. Mukupinda kwokutanga, Thrace, Makedhonia nezvitsuwa zveAegean zvakawedzerwa kuUmambo hwePersia, uye Eretria yakaparadzwa zvakafanira. Zvisinei, kudenha kwacho kwakaguma muna 490 B.C.E. nokukunda kwakasimba kwevaAtene paHondo yeMarathon. Dhariyasi akafa pakati pokurwiswa kwacho, uye mutoro wehondo wakaendeswa kumwanakomana wake Xerxes I. Xerxes akabva atungamirira kurwiswa kwechipiriiye pachake muna 480 BC, achitora uto guru kunyange zvazvo raiwanzosimbiswa uye ngarava kuGreece. VaGiriki avo vakasarudza kurwisa vaVabatanidzwa vakakundwa muhondo mbiri dzeThermopylae neArtemisium panyika nepagungwa. Greece yose kunze kwePeloponnesus nokudaro yakawira mumaoko evaPersia, asi ipapo vachitsvaka kuparadza pakupedzisira uto rehondo reAllied, vaPersia vakakundwa zvine mutsindo paHondo yeSalamis. Gore rakatevera racho, 479 BC, maAllies akaunganidza uto guru reGreek rakanga risati ramboonekwa uye vakakunda hondo yePezhiya muHondo yePlataea, vachipedza kupindirwa uye kutyisidzira kweGirisi. 