What were the immediate results of the Persian Wars?

Answer 1

A peace was made with the Persian Empire. Athens converted the Delian League into an empire of its own and used the proceeds to enrich itself. It also used this power to intervene in the Greek cities outside this League, and this brought it into collision with the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta, resulting in the devastating 27-year Peloponnesian War. Athens lost, as stripped of its empire, and became a second rate power.

Answer 2

The Greek city-states, after a pause to repel the Persians, went back to fighting each other with renewed ferocity, resulting in the destructive 27-year Peloponnesian War. Persia returned to consolidating and developing its empire.

Answer 3

Athens was able to convert the allied city-states into an empire of its own and live a high life on the proceeds. Also, the power of its navy made it overconfident and iterfering in the other Greek cities, leading to a destructive 27-year war with the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.

Answer 4

Persia agreed not to further interfere in the Greek cities in Asia Minor and the Islands.

Athens turned the Delian League which had opposed the Persian Empire into an empire of it own.

When Athens became embroiled in the Peloponnesian War against the Peloponnesian League, Persia had its revenge by helping the Peloponnesians led by Sparta to defeat Athens and strip it of its empire.
It ended Persian attempts to control Greek war-making, leaving the Greek city-states to increasingly destructive wars with each other.

Answer 5

Athens turned the anti-Persian coalition of 180 Greek city-states into an empire, which it mulcted of money to spend on itself. These resources also enabled Athens to gain the military force to interfere in other Greek cities, leading to war with the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta, a devastating 27-year war, which Athens lost and was stripped of its empire.

Answer 6

With the Persian threat receded, the Greek city-states were able to go back to their customary wars between each other.