The Persian war changed the the look on war and warfare. the the start of this long war involved the Persian Emipire and Ionia. The Ionians revolted against the king Darius in 499bc and lost to the Persians. First the Greeks defeated the Persians in the battle and Marathon. the perians were lead by Darius son Xerxes. the the Greeks, that were lead by Sparta. The city state of Thermopylae was defended but in the end lost this battle. Next the Persians sacked and burned Athens, the Athenian army had a fake trader that tricked the Persians in the the strait of Salamis. The Greeks killed the Persian with ease after they were in the narrow bay. Finally the Greeks defeated the Persians in the battle on Plataea.
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