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That's fine, as long as you also agree that Athens 'beat Persia'.
by kybernetikos 3y ago
That's fine, as long as you also agree that Athens 'beat Persia'.
- riku_iki 3y agoi am not expert, but my reading of wiki is that there were two wars: - first invasion where persian were defeated by athens, and sparta was not involved much because persian didn't come to sparta close - second, much larger invasion, where persians again attacked athens first, essentially defeated athens (athenians left the city), then athenians asked sparta to join the war or otherwise they will surrender to persians. Sparta assembled army, and defeated persians in the battle of plataea. It looks like spartans defeated persians, and athenians would surrender if no sparta's involvement
- kybernetikos 3y agothey had help from allies, but they still won those wars and not lost.