The Greeks were operating in 'internal lines', that is they were able to get their soldiers, weapons and food from local sources. The Persians had to bring theirs from Asia, and after their fleet was defeated at Salamis, had to send half their army home as they could not support them. With evened numbers, the superiority of the Greek armoured infantry was telling over the unarmoured Persian infantry, and they negated the Persian cavalry advantage by fighting on rough ground.
They had a strong naval army, so since they were surrounded by water, it was hard for the Spartans to attack them by sea.
The advantage that the Persians had over the Greeks was their large army
Its the treaty between the Persians and the the Spartans. They made it because the persians were taking over Greece
Marathon, Greece .
They crossed over and marched on into mainland Greece.
No, the Persians wanted to control Greece. But Greece wanted to be independent so they revolted against the Perisna rule
The Persians did not control Greece. They had scores of Greek city-states in Asia Minor within their empire.
Greece was strongest when city-states banded together.
they wanted to punish the Persians for attacking Greece
It was part of an attempt to take over mainland Greece to impose peace in the region. They were opposed by the southern Greek states, which combined their fleets to match that of the Persians.
479 BCE.
from the nile to the Caucasus, from Greece to punjab
The reason why the Persians invaded Greece was to take advantage of the fractious political scene that was taking place within its states. The collision between these two worlds began, thanks to the ambitions of Cyrus the Great to expand his empire even further.
the persians controlled the alnd of ancient greece