It allowed Athens to convert the anti-Persian alliance which it headed against the Persian Empire, after peace was arranged, into an empire of its own, which created a standoff withe the Peloponnesian League headed by Sparta.
This standoff culminated in the destructive 27-year Peloponnesian War between the two blocs.
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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' ?
Athens converted the alliance it led in thee later stages of the Persian War into an empire of its own, and, becoming over-confident, intervened in the affairs of Greek city-states outside its empire. The Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta, resisted this iterference and war broke out.
Persian War I, Persian War II, The Peloponnesean War, The Macedonian War, …
The Persian War was from 499 to 449 BCE.
When was the 'First' Persian War.