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The coalition of southern Greek city-states, not Athens, fought the Persians. At the winning land battle of Plataia 479 BCE it included Sparta, Athens, Tegea, Corinth, Orchonemos, Sicyon, Epidauros, Troizen, Mycenai, Tirtns, Phlius, Hermion, Eritrea, Chalcis, Ambracia, Leucas, Pelea, Aigina, Megara, Plataia.
However ten years earlier the city of Plataia helped Athens turn back the punitive expedition which Persia had sent against Eretria and Athens.
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∙ 7y agoThe Persian cavalry had been sent by sea to capture Athens in their absence. The Athenians and Plataean s pounced on the unarmoured Persian infantry, which was unprotected by its cavaly and defeated. The Athenians then ran back to Athens, just in time to see off the Persian cavalry (origin of today's marathon run - 18,000 Athenian soldiers running the 26 miles back to Athens).
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∙ 9y agoIts principal initial was its navy, the largest in the Greek world. After the Persian navy was defeated by the combined Greek fleet at the battle of Salamis, Athens provided the second largest contingent (after Sparta) in the following land battle of Plataea.
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∙ 12y agoAthena, as she was the patron of Athens and she was the goddess of wisdom and battle strategy.
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Who helped Sparta defeat Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars?
the macedonians of course... No, not the Macedonians. Sparta had many cities aligned in a league to defeat Athens, and some had formerly been Athenian allies who turned their coats because Athens treated them too harshly. Also, Sparta later formed an alliance with an old enemy, Persia, which continued to meddle in Greek affairs after their defeat by Sparta and Athens many years earlier. Persia gave Sparta money for a fleet. nobody helped them Yes, somebody helped them. They could not have done it without help, especially from the Persians and the Syracusans. Read the history.
How many times did Athens and Sparta go to war?
Athens and Sparta did not fight each other in isolation. They fought as allies and as adversaries in various conflicts over a couple of hundred years. So Athens did not defeat Sparta or Sparta defeat Athens. They were involved in wider conflicts in the battles.
What led to the decline in the Athenian empire?
Pericles' decision to attack Sparta
What enemy did Athens and Sparta work together to defeat?
Persia.The Persian Empire.
Did Athens defeat Sparta in the Peloponnesian War?
After 27 years Athens, its fleet destroyed, was besieged and starved into surrender.
Who did Sparta defeat in the Peloponesean War?
After 30 years they defeated a plague weakened Athens.
Is it Athens or Sparta that gained wealth by conquering peoples around them?
Athens was more of the logic city. Sparta was the city that dominated places and gained income from the defeat of many other city's
Was the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta?
The Peloponnesian War was between Athens and Sparta. It was after the great Persian war, when Athens and Sparta worked together to defeat Persia. The Peloponnesian War was started because Sparta feared Athens may dominate them one day. There was a big battle between them, lasting for many years, but in the end, Sparta won.
What enemies did Athens and Sparta have?
Athens was enemies with Sparta and Sparta was enemies with Athens
The Peloponnesian War ended with the defeat of who?
Athens and its empire by Sparta and its allies, with financial support from Persia.
Who had a army centered life Athens or Sparta?
Sparta full-time. Athens part-time.
What were some of the fields of study in which Athens excelled during the GOlden age?
The Athens defeat of Sparta. This is one of the fields of study in which Athens excelled during its Golden Age.
