What was the role Sparta in the Persian War?

Answer 1

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He commanded Confederate forces at several battles and was finally charged with slowing Sherman's invasion of Atlanta.

Answer 2

It provided a fleet and an army to the combined Greek city-state forces in 480-479 and provided the naval and land command. After the successful defeat of the Persian invasion, Sparta stayed at home and Athens formed and commanded the Delian League of Greek cities which fought Persia for the next thirty years until peace was arranged.

Answer 3

The war lasted 499-449 BCE.

It arrived too late for the battle of Marathon in 490 BCE, but provided major contingents to, and led, the Greek naval and ground forces at the battles of Salamis and Plataia in 480 and 479 BCE.

Afterwards it proposed evacuating the Greek cities in Asia Minor within the Persian Empire back to Greece to avoid further clashes (great foersight - this was actually done in 1923 CE after World War I) but Athens persuaded them to unite under its leadership to continue war.

Sparta thereafter withdrew from the war and looked to its own internal stability.

Answer 4

After the Persian invasion had been repelled under its leadership, Sparta faced unrest from its serf population, and withdrew from the ongoing warfare. Athens took over leadership, and after the Persians agreed to peace, it converted the Delian League which it was leading into an empire of its own and used it to intrude into the other city-states. This led to a confrontation with the Peloponnesian League which Sparta led, and the devastating 27-year Peloponnesian War, which the Spartan alliance won with the assistance of Persia. Sparta became dominant city-state until deposed by Thebes 30 years later.

Answer 5

Sparta led the combined anti-Persian federation army and navy 480-479 BCE, providing the largest army contribution. After that it retired to deal with its own internal problems, and Athens took over leadership until Persia agreed to peace in 449 BCE.

Answer 6

It led the southern Greek city-states in defeating the Persian invasion 480 to 479 BCE. It then proposed evacuating the Greek cities in Asia Minor to avoid further clashes with the Persian Empire.. Athens proposed continuing the war and took over leadership of the Greek city-states (Delian League). Sparta retired to look after its restive territory in the southern Peloponnese.

The problem was actually solved the Spartan way over 2,000 years later when in 1923 the Greeks evacuated Greek peoples from Asia Minor to end the war they were waging with Turkey.

Answer 7

None - it was a sideshow in centuries of warfare.

Answer 8

It led the resistance to the Persian invasion 480-479 BCE, and provided the largest contingent of land forces.

Answer 9

They led the Greek city-states to repel the Persian invasion of Greece, then withdrew to deal with their internal serf revolts.