Persia attempted to bring the mainland reek cities within its empire to enforce peace. The northern Greeks submitted, but the southern Greek cities, including Sparta and Athens, combined to repel the invasion.
The Persians would have won if Sparta and Athens had not united to fight the Persian Army
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what war did athens and sparta fight
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Sparta and Athens united to fight against an invasion of Persia.
Nowhere. Athens sent Pheidippides to run to Sparta to summon them to help fight the Persians. The 120 mile return trip killed him.
The Peloponnesian War.
Sparta provided soldiers, naval ships and leadership of the Greek city-states. Athens provided first ships until the Persian navy was defeated, then an army in the land battles.
The Peloponnesian War.
Yes.
They wanted to punish the persians for attacking Greece
They were already allies, Sparta having supported the establishment of the democratic regime in Athens. When the Persians sent the punitive expedition against Athens for interfering in Asia Minor, Athens called on Sparta for support, however the Spartans arrived to late to join in the battle at Marathon. With the Persian decision to take over all the Greek city-states, the cities had the option of either agree, as did some of the cities, or fight against it. Sparta and Athens both agreed to join with the city-states which resisted.