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Which Greek war was fought against an invading empire from the east?
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The Persian War 499-449 BCE.
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Why the Battle of Thermopylae was fought?
It was fought to protect the Spartan and Greek homeland from the invading Persian Empire.
The empire fought a ten year war with the Greek city-states?
The Persian Empire fought the Persian War against a couple of hundred Greek city-states over fifty years 499-449-BCE.
Who did the Greeks fight in the Peloponnesian War?
Each other. Athens and Sparta, with their respective Greek allies, fought each other. The Persian Empire later sided with Sparta against Athens, but mostly it was Greek against Greek.
What was fought between Athens and Sparta?
The Peloponnesian War, 431 to 404 BC, was an ancient Greek war fought by Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.
What does the battle of marathon salamis and thermopylae have in common?
They were all part of the Persian attempt to subdue troubles to its empire from the city-states of mainland Greece.
Who fought with the Persian Empire against the greek states?
The people of the Persian Empire provided the army and navy of the empire, including Egypt, Phoenicia and the Greek city-states of Ionia within the empire. The Persians enlisted many of the Greek city-stated of mainland Greece to their side - by bribery and threat. At the decisive land battle of Plataia in 479 BCE, a third of the Persian army was provided by central Greek cities such as Thebes. Macedonia and Thessaly also fought as an ally of the Persians.
Who fought against whom in the Persian Wars?
The Greek city-states occupied by, or threatened by, expansion of the Persian Empire in the eastern Mediterranean littoral.
How were Xerxes I and king Darius alike?
Both wanted to establish and maintain a peaceful and prosperous empire. This led them to try to impose peace on the ever-warring Greek within and outside their Empire, leading to the wars both fought against the Greek city-states.
What rival Greek city-states fought in the Peloponnesian and Persian Wars?
Sparta and Athens joined 20-odd other Greek city-states to oppose Persia. After that war,the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta fought the Peloponnesian War against the Athenian empire.
What do the battle of Marathon battle of salamis and the battle of Thermopylae have in common?
The Battle of Marathon, the Battle of Salamis, and the Battle of Thermopylae were fought between Greek city-states and invading Persian Empire forces in the early Fifth Century BCE.
What do the battle of marathon the battle of salamis and battle of thermopylae have in common?
The Battle of Marathon, the Battle of Salamis, and the Battle of Thermopylae were fought between Greek city-states and invading Persian Empire forces in the early Fifth Century BCE.
How did the Battle of Salamis happen?
The fleets of the invading Persians fought it out with the combined fleet of the defending southern Greek city-states.
