The inability of the Persians, over the fifty years of war, to impose peace in the Eastern Mediterranean left the way open for the rise of Macedonia and its eventual conquest of the Persian Empire.
Is this a question about civil war in Persia.
The Persian war ended Persian expansion to the west. Thermopylae was a minor tactical delaying action which failed.
there was the first Persian war then the second Persian war then the war that we are in today.
The Persian War.
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' ?
Persian War I, Persian War II, The Peloponnesean War, The Macedonian War, …
Historians, especially Herodotos, wrote about it, and its importance has been exaggerated far beyond its real importance in the Persian War. It should be remembered for the self-sacrifice of the Spartan and Thespian contingents who hung on and sacrificed themselves to allow the other contingents to escape from the Persian pursuit when the force was withdrawn.
The Persian War was from 499 to 449 BCE.
First identify what the First Persian War was.