The Battle of Plataea: ... Almost every city in Greece had sent a contingent to support the effort, and in total they numbered approximately 60,000 hoplites and 40,000 light infantry.

And here’s where the parallels with the Siege of Plataea are particularly salient. Plataea was at the time a pawn in a war of ...

It had white city walls — but the real Spartans famously refused to build a wall. ... (in the ancient Greek mindset, ... Plataea and Mycale (479), Sparta began to fear the growing power of Athens.

The Battle of Plataea. ... Almost every city in Greece had sent a contingent to support the effort, and in total they numbered approximately 60,000 hoplites and 40,000 light infantry.