The Persians controlled the Persian naval forces, and the Greek city-states initially appointed a Spartan admiral Eurybiades. When Sparta withdrew from the forces after the victories of 480-479 BCE, Athenian general Cimon took over for the next 17 years.
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If you mean in the Persian Wars against the Greek city-states, it was because the cities temporarily postponed their own wars between each other and combined their forces against the Persian army and naval forces. These forces prevailed at sea because they developed superior naval tactics.The Greek land forces prevailed because their soldiers were armoured infantry (the Persian infantry were unarmoured) and the Greek forces engaged the Persians on rough ground where the superior Persian cavalry could not operate effectively. If you mean Alexander the Great's invasion, Alexander raised a competitive cavalry force to the Persian one, and used this in combination with his superior armoured infantry to better effect.
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In the Saronic Gulf where Salamis island is located .
The first major battle of the Persian Wars was Ephesus in 498 BCE, when the Ionian forces, supported by contingents from mainland Greece - Athens and Eretria - were defeated by a Persian army.
The Greek fleet attacked the Persian fleet at the Battle of Salamis, which took place in 480 BCE. This naval battle occurred in the straits between the island of Salamis and the Athenian mainland. The Greek forces, led by Themistocles, successfully outmaneuvered the larger Persian fleet, leading to a decisive victory that was crucial in the Greco-Persian Wars.
Its called ''the Persian wars'' or the ''Greco-Persian wars''.
Persian Wars.
Greco-Persian Wars happened in -449.
Persian-Uzbek Wars happened in 1510.
The Persian Wars lasted from 499-448 BC. The Pelopenesian Wars lasted from 431-404 BC So the answer is: The Persian Wars happened first.
It was the principal naval power in the Aegean Sea until its fleet was destroyed at Aigospotamai (Goat Rivers) in 405 BCE.