The wars were spread over 50 years 499 to 449 BCE.. Although somepeople give them numbers, this is a false division as so manydifferent of Greek cities were involved over that time. It isbetter to think of it as phases – first the Ionian Revolt; then thepunitive expedition against Eretria and Athens, then the Persianinvasion of mainland Greece, then the Delian League maintaining thesecurity of the Ionian cities.

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