# Mardonios — Histories character guide

> Mardonios in Histories by Herodotus.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Barbarians, the Barbarians with Mardonios

**First appearance:** 0008-book-vii-polymnia

## Who they are

Persian general leading the land campaign in Greece after Salamis.

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