Yes, they did. Regardless of how real the information was, the Greeks took it very seriously and based their military decisions on what they were told by the oracles. Even if the oracles were bribed, they still had a great impact on how the Greeks chose to fight the Persian Wars.
It caused loss of life and devastation.
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Just "oil tanker traffic" thru the Persian Gulf.
there was the first Persian war then the second Persian war then the war that we are in today.
Exactly that, to slow them down. Also, the oracles said that Sparta couldn't go to war. It was Spartan tradition that if the king was killed, then they had to go to war. The king (Leonidas) basically went to Thermopylae to get himself killed. On a different note, 300 men taking out half the Persian army was great for Morale.
The Persian War.
The Roman Republic was just a city-state in Italy and not involved in the Persian War 499-449 BCE, which was between Persia and the Greek city-states of the eastern Mediterranean.
The Greek city-states. Which group of people are you asking about.
Which particular war? The Persian what?
Persian War 499-449 BCE. Peloponnesian War 431-404 BCE.
An empire is an empire, a war is a war.
First define the Second Persian War. The Persian War ran 499-449 BCE - it had several phases - Ionian Revolt, Persian punitive expedition against Eretria and Athens, Persian invasion of mainland Greece, Greek counter-offensive. Which among this are supposed to be 'First Persian War', Second Persian War' and 'Third Persian War' ?