Many believe that the Persians are sissis who only dared to shoot their bows from far away and can never stand up to Greek armies in close combat, largely due to the propaganda of ancient historians and Hollywood movies. However, Herodotus did state that Marathon was the first time a Greek army defeated Persians, in fact, they're even the first who really dared to try. And after the two Greco-Persian Wars, a great Athenian army was annihilated in Egypt, etc.
But I failed to find much details about those Greek crushing defeats in Persian hands, which is abundant when they won, I guess that's because most resources we have now were recorded by Greek historians.
So I want to know more about the great battles that did not end in favor of the Greeks and in detail if possible, I'm sure the historians here could help me? Thanks in advance!
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