Athens.
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Protect the Greek city-states around the Aegean Sea from Persian rule.
Athens was part of an alliance of Greek city-states which varied in size from a couple of dozen to 180, led at first by Sparta, then later by Athens after defeat of the Persian invasion.
It was an alliance of city-states, mostly from Asia Minor and the Aegean islands, led by Athens to protect themselves from Persian dominance after the Persian invasion of mainland Greece was repelled. After 30 years of fighting, the the Persian Empire agreed to stay away from those city-states, and Athens opportunistically converted the League into an empire of its own and lived high on the proceeds.
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Athens.
On one side, Athens. On the other, Sparta.
Segeral city states formed an alliance after the Persian wars to make it possible to combat the Persians.
Athens converted the Delian League into an empire of its own, and used the forces and money to attempt to dominate the Greek world.
The Persian Empire and an alliance of Greek city-states.
Sparta led the Peloponnesian League, Athens led the Delian League.
Athens had a powerful navy. This navy was part of the combined navy of the alliance of southern Greek city-states which defeated the Persian navy (which was composrd of Phoenician, Asian-Greek and Egyptian ships) at Salamis.
The Persian Empire and an alliance of Greek city-states led first by Sparta and then Athens.
It led the anti-Persian alliance of Greek city-states.
At Ephesus in 498 BCE the Persian army crushed a force of the Ionian cities augmented by contingents from Eretria and Athens.
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.
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