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Darius the first was a powerful ruler in ancient Persia. He took over Greece because he and Persia wanted more land than they already had.
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In September of 490 BC a Persian of 600 ships disgorged an invasion of approximately 20,000 infantry.
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the battle of Thermopylae was the fist between Persians and greeks during the Persian invadsion of 480-479 BC.
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The battle of salamis was a naval battle between the Greek city-states and Persia fought in September in a island In the Sardonic near Athens Greece
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in 446 a thirty year treaty is agreed. Sparta and its allies became instringly jealous and distrustful to Athens.
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After the Persian war, Athens and Sparta had agreed to a 30 year peace. They didn't want to fight each other.
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The Peloponnesian war, to 431- 440 B.C , was a ancient Greek war, fought by Athens.