By first concentrating on the Persian fleet, and when they had destroyed it, were able to concentrate the Greek city contingents and defeat the Persian army and its Greek allies with its superior armoured infantry.
First by cripplng the Persian fleet at Salamis, which removed the amphibious threat to the southern Greek cities, and allowed them to stop keeping their forces at home to defend their cities, and they could now concentrate them at Platia the following spring.
Secondly, the Persian supply fleet could no bring food by sea, and the Persian King had to take half his army home as a poor country such as Greece could not support them all through the winter.
The opposing forces were now fairly even, and by fighting in broken country at Plataia the superior Persian cavalry was neutralised. The superior Greek armoured infantry were able to break the lightly armoured Persian infantry unprotected by their cavalry.
Greece was dominated by Athens after the Persian wars.
Persia!!!!!
They were two different wars - the Persian War wass the persian Empire versus the mainland Greek cities, and the Peloponnesian War was between Greek cities. The Greeks won some, lost some in both wars.
yes they did
No.
The coalition of Greek city-states was.
Marathon and Plataea.
The first Persian invasion of Greece was during the Persian Wars in 492 BCE. It was ordered by the Persian King Darius I to punish the city-states of Athens and Eretria.
Yes. In modern times, Greece fought in World War 2 and Korea. In ancient times, Greece fought the Persian Wars.
The Ionian city-states revolted against Persian rule and this progressively brought mainland Greece into the conflict.
The Persian Empire attacked Greece again 30 years later.
The Ionian Revolt.