In both invasions of Greece by Persia, the Persian armies were defeated by Greek hoplites and soldiers. The major losses were the famous 300 Spartans and 1,000 Thesbians who defended Thermopylae to protect Athens.
Its first major defeat was at Plataea in Greece in 479 BCE.
Its called ''the Persian wars'' or the ''Greco-Persian wars''.
The Persians were defeated, as they were forced to withdraw from Greece without fully accomplishing their objectives.
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.
Persian War - A varying coalition of Greek city-states defeated the Persian Empire between 499 and 449 BCE. A league of Peloponnesian city-states led by Sparta defeated Athens and its empire 431 to 404 BCE.
The Persian leader defeated by the Greeks was Darius.
Alexander the Great defeated the Persian empire
Persian-Uzbek Wars happened in 1510.
Greco-Persian Wars happened in -449.
Persian Wars.
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.
The persian war lasted way longer the the peloponnesian war and the persian wars was a whole bunch of different mini wars
The Spartans did not 'follow' the Persians - they were part of a blocking force which delayed the Persian army for three days, and had no effect on the following two-year campaign which defeated the Persians at the battles of Salamis, Plataia and Mycale.