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Persian Wars:

Persia's attempt to maintain peace amongst it Greek cities by bringing the rest of the Greek east inside its borders. Persia lost.

Peloponnesian War:

Athens' over-reach with its empire and Peloponnesian resistance to this. Athens lost its empire.

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