Persian victories over the Greeks?

[Dutchhoplite]

Thermopylae is a pretty well known Greek defeat

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Thermopylae is a pretty well known Greek defeat

Of course it was their defeat. I mean, how long can a Persian stand to listen someone yelling "This is SPARTA!"? It's getting boring after few hundred times!

About the OP question, can't help you there. Hopefully someone who knows more can because this I'm interested of this as well.

[MisterFred]

I don't have the expertise to give you a good answer, especially on the battles. But I'll say that the Persians main advantage over the Greek was always money, organization, and political stability. Its only when these things begin to fall apart for Persia, and the Greeks find this out (enter Xenophon), that an invasion of Persia becomes feasible.

[Hax]

While not a victory, the Battle of the Persian Gate was pretty damn awesome. Overall, it kinda depends who you define as "Greek". They fought some battles in Macedon, and won, but the Persian King had a habit of bribing people, rather than engaging them in combat. For example, our dearest beloved Themistocles, who defeated the Persians with his "great wall"?

He went to Persia after the Battle of Salamis and offered himself to the Persian King, for the shallow honor of being married to one of his daughters. As such, the Hellenes were known to the Persians as being untrustworthy, faithless and corrupt.

[Zarax]

Not to mention the fact that after thermopiles the spartans were often very happy recipients of persian gold...

[athanaric]

If you count te Pahlavân as Persians, well, they managed to conquer the Seleukids...

[Megas Methuselah]

If you count te Pahlavân as Persians, well, they managed to conquer the Seleukids...

But they weren't Persians.

[Hannibal Khan the Great]

And the Sassanids almost conquered the ERE, but then Herakleios had to come in. (why, oh why!)

[vartan]

But they weren't Persians.

But the people they ruled were. Right? or were the people non-Persians and the rulers Persian?