They both were established to promote peace and prosperity and defence. However the Persians tried to do it for real, the Athenians did it for their own profit, lavishing the proceeds of an annually enforced tax on its own city and citizens.
Persian Empire.
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For the Greeks, the Persian War was warding off Persian dominance. The Peloponnesian War was a protracted fight to terminate the Athenian Empire's attempt to dominate the other Greek city-states.
Persian War - the Persian Empire versus varying coalitions of Greek city-states. Peloponnesian War - the Athenian Empire versus the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.
Pelopponesian war, fought between Sparta and her alllies, and the Athenian Empire
No similarities whatsoever.
No similarities whatsoever.
No similarities whatsoever.
It was the site of a battle between Athens and Plataea and a Persian expeditionary force sent to take over Athens and reinstall an Athenian tyrant to prevent it causing further trouble within the Persian Empire. The Athenians repelled the Persian force at the battle.
After - Athens converted the anti-Persian Delian League which it led against the Persian Empire into an empire of their own, and used the proceeds on itself, bankrolling its Golden Age.
There was no Athenian empire at the battle of Marathon. Athens fought there with one minor ally Plataia. Athens developed an empire 50 years later from the anti-Persian alliance known as the Delian League.
No similarities whatsoever.