The Persian Wars consisted of the Battle of Marathon (490), Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis (480), and the Battles of Plataea and Mycale (479). [Bauer: Ancient Worlds, p. 535]
This period is linked to the following events
Event Name
Category
Date
Athenians defeat Persians at Marathon
War
-490
Xerxes wins Battle of Thermopylae, but loses to the Greeks at Salamis
War
-480
Greeks defeat Persians at Battle of Platea--made possible the golden age of Greece