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Essay / How Ancient Greece Influenced Western Civilization help of the Greeks in the Ionian revolt against their domination. The Greek city-states first banded together when the Persians launched an invasion of Greece during the reign of Darius I. The first of what would be known as the Greco-Persian Wars ended with the Athenian victory at Marathon in 490 BC. The city-states allied more closely during the second Persian invasion of 480 BC. The Athenians and Spartans led the defensive military movement against the Persian forces of Darius' son, Xerxes I, again proving their superiority through many more battles before going on the offensive and eradicating the Persian forces from Europe before the end of the Second Persian War in 479
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