Who won the Persian Wars - Persia or Greece?

Answer 1

There was no Spartan-Persian War, unless you are talking about Agesilaus' efforts in Asia Minor during the 390s BCE. He didn't defeat them and they didn't defeat him. He was recalled with his forces for urgent business at home. If you are talking about Thermopylai, The Persians invaded mainland Greece. The combined Greek fleet defeated the combined Persian fleet at Salamis in 480 BCE. The following year the combined southern Greek army defeated the combined Persian and northern Greek army at Plataia, while the combined Greek fleet defeated the remainder of the combined Persian fleet at Mykale. The Spartans were a very minor part of the Greek fleet. They were a small part of the Greek army. They were a small part of the 5,000 which defended the pass at Thermopylai. Read some of the other questions on the subject and the answers will fill in some gaps.

Answer 2

The Persian War lasted 50 years and was fought between the Persian Empire and a coalition of a couple of hundred Greek city-states in the eastern Mediterranean, one of which was Athens.

Various Greek coalitions fought and won a series of battles until the Persians gave up.

Answer 3

With a little bit of help - they provided ten percent of the coalition of Greek city-states armies and fleets in the Persian invasion of Greece 480-479 BCE.

After that a coalition called the Delian league led by Athens continued the war. Sparta stayed at home.

Answer 4

The Greek city-states. The ultimate winner was Athens which, after peace was declared, turned the Greek coalition into an empire and profited greatly therefrom.

Answer 5

After 50 years of trying to impose peace on the fractious Greek city-states (499-449 BCE), Persia recognised the it would not succeed and agreed to stay away from all the cities.

Answer 6

Greeks