Which statements accurately describe the Persian Wars?



Choose all answers that are correct.

A The Athenian fleet defeated the Persians at Salamis.

B The Spartan king, Leonidas, saved Greece by delaying the Persians at Thermopylae.

C The Greeks attacked Persia because Darius captured Sparta's king.

D Athens was destroyed by the Persians and never regained its strength.

E Xerxes thought he could conquer Greece because the city-states would not unite.