Persia, except that the warfare went on for another 30 years.
A coalition of southern Greek city-states defeated a Persian fleet of Phoenician, Greek and Egyptian ships at the naval battle of Salamis.
The Persian Empire vs. the Greek City States ~ 480 BC
The Battle of Marathon, the Battle of Salamis, and the Battle of Thermopylae were fought between Greek city-states and invading Persian Empire forces in the early Fifth Century BCE.
The Battle of Marathon, the Battle of Salamis, and the Battle of Thermopylae were fought between Greek city-states and invading Persian Empire forces in the early Fifth Century BCE.
The Battle of Salamis involved the Persian Empire - it was part of the invasion led by King Xerxes to try to bring the Greek city-states under control to stop their internecine warring spilling over into his empire.
Athens had a powerful navy. This navy was part of the combined navy of the alliance of southern Greek city-states which defeated the Persian navy (which was composrd of Phoenician, Asian-Greek and Egyptian ships) at Salamis.
An alliance of a couple of dozen southern Greek city-states led by Sparta defeated the Persian invasion fleet at Salamis in 480 BCE.
The Battle of Salamis was a naval battle between the Persian Empire navy compising contingents from Phoenicia, Asian-Greek cities and Egypt, and a coalition fleet from 28 southern Greek city-states led by Sparta in 480 BCE. It was fought in the strait between the island of Salamis and Athens.
They were defeated at three battles - sea battle of Salamis 480 BCE, land battle of Plataea and simultaneous sea-land battle of Mycale 479 BCE.
They were all part of the Persian attempt to subdue troubles to its empire from the city-states of mainland Greece.
Destruction of the Persian fleet meant the eventual failure of the Persian attempt to incorporate the mainland Greek city-states within the Persian Empire.
The sea battle of Salamis defeated the Persian fleet which had to withdraw back to Asia Minor, leaving the Persian army unsupported and without its supply fleet, so half of the army had to go home. This left the reduced Persian army open to defeat at Plataia the following year and the invasion was defeated.