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The Persian Empire and a coalition of Greek city-states.
The Persians wanted to impose peace on the Greek city-states to stop their endless inter-city wars spilling over into the Persian Empire. Some of the Greek city-states ware agreeable to this, but the southern cities refused, banding together to repel the Persian invasions.
The Persian thought the Persian Empire. The coalitions of Greek city-states thought the coalitions of Greek city-states.
Persian War: The Greek cities of Asia Minor provided a third of the Persian navy for the 480 invasion of southern Greece. The Greek city states of central Greece provided a substantial part of the Persian army which fought the southern Greek armies. Peloponnesian War: Athens and the cities in its empire fought the mainly Peloponnesian cities led by Sparta.
The Persian Empire versus coalitions of Greek city-states led first by Sparta, then by Athens.
The Persian army, and the armies of the Greek city-states.
The Persian army, and the armies of the Greek city-states.
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.
It was between an alliance of Greek city-states and the Persian Empire. Today we call it the Persian War to differentiate it from the wars between the Greek city-states. It is often called the Greco-Persian War.
The Greek city-states in Asia Minor revolted against Persian rule.
The Persian Empire versus varying combinations of Greek city-states.
The Greek city-states occupied by, or threatened by, expansion of the Persian Empire in the eastern Mediterranean littoral.