With no external enemy, the Greek city-states went back to their usual occupation of fighting each other.
Tese ongoing wars left the Greek city-states so weakened that Macedonia was able to rise to dominance, then take over the Persian Empire.
The Greeks were free to go back to fighting each other.
In the Saronic Gulf where Salamis island is located .
Persian Wars.
It ended Persian attempts to control Greek war-making, leaving the Greek city-states to increasingly destructive wars with each other.
The Persian-Greek wars stretched from 499-449 BCE in several phases. There were not two distinct wars.
Nike was the symbol of victory.
The Persian army, and the armies of the Greek city-states.
The Greek city-states were freed to go back to their endles wars amongst each other, with horrendous effect on the populace.
The Persian king, and first Sparta then Athens on the Greek side.
The Persian Empire and various combinations of Greek city-states.
Persian wars.
persian wars.
Herodotus