| MARATHON | Plain in Attica which was the site of victory by the Athenians and Plataeans over the Persians in 490 B.C. (8) |
| ATLANTIS | Fictional island, portrayed in two of Plato's dialogues as an antagonistic power defeated by the Athenians (8) |
| GREEKS | Athenians and Spartans |
| GREEK | Like Athenians and Spartans |
| SALAMIS | Island in the Saronic Gulf that was the scene of a naval battle in 480 BC in which the Greeks defeated the Persians |
| OMAN | Oldest independent state in the Arab world, dating from the expulsion of the Persians in 1749 (4) |
| ALAMO | The ___ is a mission in Texas which was the site of a siege in 1836 (5) |
| BABYLONIA | The southern kingdom of ancient Mesopotamia, conquered by the Persians in 539BC (9) |
| ISSUS | Ancient town in S. Asia Minor where Alexander the Great defeated the Persians in 333 B.C. (5) |
| POLO | Traveller whose adventures along the Silk Road and at the court of Kublai Khan are described in Il Milione (The Million), or Book of the Marvels of the World (4) |
| WOODSTOCK | Place in south eastern New York which was the site of a huge rock music festival in 1969? (9) |
| ROSWELL | City in New Mexico which was the site of an alleged UFO incident in 1947 (7) |
| BOYNE | Irish river which was the site of a battle between King James II and King William III in 1690 (5) |
| CRECY | Village in France; scene of a 1346 victory by the English in the Hundred Years' War (5) |
| LYSANDER | Commander of the Spartan fleet that defeated the Athenians in the Hellespont in 405 BC (8) |
| ELOBEID | City in central Sudan: scene of an 1883 victory by the Mahdi over a British and Egyptian army (2,5) |
| LOSALAMOS | New Mexico town which was the site of research for the first atomic bomb (3,6) |
| THRONE | Jewelled seat of the Mughal emperors, studded with the Koh-i-Noor diamond and other precious items, looted in 1739 by the Persians (7,6) |
| PEACOCK | Jewelled seat of the Mughal emperors, studded with the Koh-i-Noor diamond and other precious items, looted in 1739 by the Persians (7,6) |
| LEONIDAS | King of Sparta who fought the Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC); depicted by Gerard Butler in the 2006 film 300 (8) |
