The trireme. It was a warship propelled by sail for long distances. For combat the sail and mast were taken down, and the ship was propelled by oars, with three rows of oarsmen on each side. Enemy ships were sunk by ramming them. It was a superior ship to those of the Persians, and although the Athenians were badly outnumbered, quality made a difference.
It was the Battle of Thermopylae in the Second Persian War. The Greeks won. Shortly after Thermopylae the Athenian Navy defeated the Persian Navy at Salamis, and in the next year the Persian Army was defeated by a combined Greek Army at Plataea.
When was the 'First' Persian War.
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The Persian Wars pitted the Persians against the mainland Greeks. Eventually, the Greeks won after defeating the Persians by land and sea in the Second Persian War. Later, the Macedonian Geeks, under Alexander the Great, invaded and conquered the Persian Empire.
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By the Greek city-states combining to defeat the Persian army and navy.
The Persian War was won by the Greek city-states who ban ded together to see off the Persian attempt to incorporate them within its empire. They won it by progressively establishing naval and land supremacy over the Persian forces over a period of fifty years, so that the Persians gave up.
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The Greek city-states in Asia Minor revolted against Persian rule, and spread to mainland Greece. The Greeks won.
A confederation of Greek city-states.
Plataia was a battle in the 50 year Persian War. A coalition of Greek city-states defeated a Persian expeditionary force in the battle.