After the battle of Marathon, the polis was considered as the most powerful city-state in all Greece. They thought themselves as heroes. They started to act like if they were superior in every ways: the way they thought, they way they fought ...
There is also Miltiades who were the Athenian general at Marathon who ambush Paros because they gave ships to the Persians. he didn't succeded and was sentenced to death. Because of him, there were no longer democracy in Athens. The population did not trust the politicians anymore and there were no more democracy for many decades.
Athens was also destroyed during the second Persian War. It was completely destroyed but no citizen was killed or made slave because they had the time to flee because of the 300 spartians. The Athenians then fought the naval army of Xerxes close to Salamis. They won, once again and were considered as the best polis ever in all Greece
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There is also the Delian League that consisted in an alliance between Athens and other polis. They had to pay Athens which was supposed to protect them if there were another Persian invasion but it never happened. The Athenians used the money to rebuild their city.
It led the anti-Persian league, became democratised and established an emprie.
Contrast the results of the Persian and Peloponnesian war with regards to Athens Greece
Persian War I, Persian War II, The Peloponnesean War, The Macedonian War, …
Athens.
Athens.
By the Persian king Xerxes.
Contrast the results of the Persian and Peloponnesian war with regards to Athens greece
First explain what this third Persian war was then it might be possible to answer.
Sparta and Athens were allies against Persia in the Persian War.
The Persians would have won if Sparta and Athens had not united to fight the Persian Army
On tthe Persian side, the Persian king. On the Greek side, first Sparta, then Athens.
Athena's owl.