The Peloponnese war
The Persian Empire and an alliance of Greek city-states.
The Persian Empire recruited Greek city-states. A third of its navy at the sea battle of Salamis was from Greek city-states in Asia Minor. A third of its army at the land battle of Plataea was Greek.
The Peloponesian Wars were a series of three wars between the Delian League led by Athens and the Peloponesian League, led by Sparta. In the end, Sparta triumphed. Although many cities fought in the war, Athens and Sparta led the two sides. Hundreds of the Greek city-states were embroiled, whether they liked it or not, in the 27-year war. The war was between Sparta and its allies and Athens and its empire.
It caused Greece to be divided.
They were all part of the Persian attempt to subdue troubles to its empire from the city-states of mainland Greece.
No. Wars between Greek city-state alliances were fought by the citizen armies of the states.
About 300 city-states fought the war, one side led by Athens, the other by Sparta.
the city states
The Persian Empire fought the Persian War against a couple of hundred Greek city-states over fifty years 499-449-BCE.
Peloponnesian War
The Persian Empire versus coalitions of Greek city-states led first by Sparta, then by Athens.
The Persian Empire versus a varying coalition of Greek city-states.
Sparta and Athens vied for supremacy .
The Persian Empire and an alliance of Greek city-states.
The Persian Empire versus varying combinations of Greek city-states.
The combined fleets of an alliance of southern Greek city-states led by Sparta.
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.