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It provided the larges part of the Greek fleet which eliminated the Persian fleet at Salamis (480 BCE)and Mycale (479 BCE).
It provided a substantial part of the combined Greek army which defeated the Persians and their Greek allies at Plataea (479 BCE).
After the Persian invasion was repelled, it took over leadership from Sparta of the Delian League for the ongoing war with the Persian Empire until peace was made in 449 BCE.
After this it converted this Delian League into an empire of its own, using it to promote its interest in the Greek world so irresponsibly the it provoked the other Greek cities, in the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta, into the destructive 27-year Peloponnesian War. The Persians had their revenge by subsidising the Peloponnesians, ensuring the defeat of Athens.
It helped accelerate it by intervening in a Greek uprising in Asia Minor, drawing Persian focus on Mainland Greece. It repelled a Persian punitive force at Marathon, and was part of a couple of dozen city-states which repelled the Persian invasion in 480-479 BCE. It then led the Delian League to protect the cities against Persia until peace was arranged in 449 BCE.
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Did Sparta gain its military strength after the Persian war?
No, its military strength enabled it to play a leading part in the earlier Persian Wars.
What role did Athens and Sparta play in the Persian?
because the gods were really mad at the people from Sparta that they decided to kill them all....so the Athens wins
What is the setting of the play Timon of Athens?
Unsurprisingly, it's set in and around Athens. The earlier part of the play takes place in Athens, both at Timon's house and that of other Athenians. The latter part of the play takes place in the countryside around Athens.
What role did Ionia play in causing the Persian Wars that lasted from 499 to 479?
It was the Ionian revolt against Persian rule that expanded into the Persian War 449-449 BCE.
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Athens never did recover from their lost of Persian during the plague. In 405 B.C the Sparta staged a blockade. The Spartans surrounded the Athens and closed their harbor with food and supplies. Beaten and starving they surrendered in 404 B.C.
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None whatsoever. They were not citizens, they were property, and completely subservient to their master.
What role did Athens play?
a higherachy
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they help give inspiration for the athens to build their own culture.
What roles did Athens play in the worship of Athena?
Athena was their patron goddess (Athens was named after Athens) so they asked her for prosperity, protection and success.
