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The battle on the plain of Marathon in September 490 BCE between Greeks and the invading forces of Persian King Darius was victory which would go down in folklore as the moment the Greek city-states showed the world their courage and excellence and won their liberty.
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Darius Planned an expedition to Greece in order to punish the Greeks supporting the lonian Revolt.
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The tide would turn though in September 480 BCE at battle of Salamis in the Saronic Gulf a naval battle which would rank as one of the greatest and most significant in antiquity.
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The Battle of Thermopylae was fuoght between an alliance of Greek city-states led by King Leonidas f Sparta and the Persians Empire of Xerxes I over the course of three days during the second Persian invasion of Greece.
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Greece make peace with Argos and Sparta for thirty years because of another wars started or an breakout wars
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He himself died of the plague In the autumn of 429 BC
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The battle of Megara was a rare example of an Athenian victory on land over force that contained Spartan troops.
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With battles occurring at home and abroad the long and complex conflict was damaging to both sides but Sparta with financial help from Persia finally won the conflict by destroying the Athenian fleet a Aegospotami in 405 BCE.
