Invasions of Greece (Pteria)

The Invasions of Greece were 2 conflicts between Lydia and Greece.

The First Invasion
The first invasion received no local support and was defeated at Marathon in 477 BC. Despite this,the Lydians had managed to conquer Thessaly by 470 BC.

The Battle of Thebes
The second invasion began in 455 BC.Many northern Peloponnesian states and Epirus joined with Lydia this time. The Lydians did not meet any opposition until Thebes.The Battle of Thebes began as a Greek victory but more Lydians arrived and the Thebans were defeated.It occurred in 453 BC.

The Conquest of Athens and the Battle of Salamis
Athens fell to the Lydians in 452 BC.The Athenian fleet withdrew from Attica and tricked the Lydian fleet into coming out into the straits of Salamis in 451 BC.The Lydian fleet was promptly destroyed and Croesus II retreated from Greece with a portion of his army.

The End of the War
The Battle of Sparta occured in 450 BC.The Spartan forces ambushed a Lydian force that was about to besiege Sparta.The Lydians were easily defeated.The Lydian allies defected soon after.The Lydians were forced to retreat from Europe entirely by the Treaty of Byzantium,signed in 449 BC.

Aftermath
The immediate aftermath was the establishment of the Attican League as the dominate force of Greek politics.A less obvious aftermath was the Attican War and the beginning of the Age of Anarchy in Greece.