The main part was 480-479 BCE, though there were later engagements at Eurymedon 466 BCE and Cyprus 450, after which the 449 Peace of Callias was made, putting an end to direct conflict for fifty years, when outbreaks began again, until finally ended by the Macedonian conquest of the Persian Empire in the late 4th Century BCE..
First, Second, Third wars are an unrealistic modern construct of some less-than-informed people.
The phases of the Persian War were:
Ionian Revolt 499-493 BCE.
Persian punitive expedition against Eretria and Athens 490 BCE.
Persian invasion of peninsular Greece 480-479 BCE.
Delian League battles with Persia 478-449 BCE.
Sparta and Athens were allies against Persia in the Persian War.
First define the Second Persian War. The Persian War ran 499-449 BCE - it had several pheses - Ionian Revolt, Persian punitive expedition against Eretria and Athens, Persian invasion of mainland Greece, Greek counter-offensive. Which among this is supposed to be 'Second Persian War?
Athens converted the Delian League, which it had led against the Persian Empire, into an empire of its own.
After the Persian War, when Athens converted the Delian League, which it had led during the war, into an empire of its own and reaped the profits - a golden age indeed.
Contrast the results of the Persian and Peloponnesian war with regards to Athens Greece
Athens and Sparta were friendly before the Persian War. They naturally joined the alliance which repelled the Persian invasion. A Spartan force helped Athens retain its government against a revolt pre-war. Athens post-war helped Sparta put down a serf rebellion, but then started to side with the serfs, so the Spartans sent them home. That was the split.
First define the First Persian War. The Persian War ran 499-449 BCE - it had several pheses - Ionian Revolt, Persian punitive expedition against Eretria and Athens, Persian invasion of mainland Greece, Greek counter-offensive. Which among this is supposed to be 'First Persian War?
First define the First Persian War. The Persian War ran 499-449 BCE - it had several pheses - Ionian Revolt, Persian punitive expedition against Eretria and Athens, Persian invasion of mainland Greece, Greek counter-offensive. Which among this is supposed to be 'First Persian War?
The Persian Empire was expanding toward the Greek mainland. As a pretext, it used the Athenian aid to Greek Iona to send a punitive expedition against Athens after Athens rejected a diplomatic ultimatum.
First define the First Persian War. The Persian War ran 499-449 BCE - it had several phases - Ionian Revolt, Persian punitive expedition against Eretria and Athens, Persian invasion of mainland Greece, Greek counter-offensive. Which among this is supposed to be 'First Persian War'?
The Greek city-states of the Delian League which Athenas had led against the Persian Empire, and which it turned into an empire of its own after the war.
Persian War I, Persian War II, The Peloponnesean War, The Macedonian War, …