Persia set about consolidating its empire without the Greekcity-states, however the ongoing wars between the cities which ithad sought to control continued with increasing ferocity. Itintervened by providing a fleet for the Spartan alliance whichhelped in defeat of the Athenian empire. Even so the Greek citywars continued with varying alliances, and to avoid the inevitablespillovers, the Persia ruler had to declare the ‘Kings Peace’,threatening retaliation on any of the Greek city-states which brokeit. Persia also reclaimed the Greek city-states in Asia Minor whichit had ceded independence to in the settlement of the Persian War.

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