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The invasion was a direct, if later, response to the defeat of the first Persian invasion of Greece.
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The Persians and their king Darius wanted to take over Greece. Persia wanted more land.
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Battle of Salamis is an important battle during the Persian War, in which the Greek friendlies defeated the Persian navy.
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It was fought between an alliance of Greek city states. Led by King Leonidas of Sparta, and the Persian Empire of Xerxes
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The thirty years of peace was a treaty. It was signed between the ancient Greek city-states Athens and Sparta.
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The battle of Megara was an Athenian victory on land over a force that contained Spartan troops.
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After the Athenians’ efforts to have an agreement with Sparta failed, he was quickly restored to his former self.
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The Peloponnesian War was an ancient Greek war fought by Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.
