DBWI: Pārsa loses in Greece

In 492 BCE, the Achaemenids invaded the Greek peninsula, and by 480, had conquered the entirety of the region. What if the Greeks had been able to repel Persia? What would the butterflies be from that?
 
That is definitely going to be a challenge, the Greeks were far out numbered by Pārsa and were disunited it seems. Their most powerful land military (the Laconians) was very small compared to the Pārsan army and was celebrating a festival during the Battle of Thermopylae, if you're looking for a POD to change it, change the date of the Battle of Thermopylae so the full army of Laconia was there, or have the Greeks know when to give up, as is only a few Greeks escaped that battle.*

If they survived 480 BC, then they still have to contend with later invasions, but it might be far more difficult for Pārsa to take control of the region as completely as they did IOTL.

* POD for DBWI: the Persians never find the goat path and instead both complete armies meet face to face at Thermopylae, the superior numbers of the Persians allow them to kick Greek ass, and Greeks were always a little too badass for their own good so they didn't retreat until it was too late, the navy at the Battle of Artemisium didn't retreat until the battle of Thermopylae was lost, but by then they were pretty much done for so Salamis went poorly
 
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You would see considerably less Greek diaspora and settlement in of the Greeks in Sicily and Southern Italy probably would have been reduced considerably. The Romans would have had less Greek influence thanks to their being a reduced presence, but they would have had an easier time subduing the Greek City-State of the South. I'm torn between thinking that the Republic would have an easier time thanks to a smaller Greek population or a harder time because of the possibility of a medium to large Greek state operating out of western Greece aiding them.
 
You would see considerably less Greek diaspora and settlement in of the Greeks in Sicily and Southern Italy probably would have been reduced considerably. The Romans would have had less Greek influence thanks to their being a reduced presence, but they would have had an easier time subduing the Greek City-State of the South. I'm torn between thinking that the Republic would have an easier time thanks to a smaller Greek population or a harder time because of the possibility of a medium to large Greek state operating out of western Greece aiding them.

The Roman Republic might have its rise butterflied away if Pārsa loses.
 
The Roman Republic might have its rise butterflied away if Pārsa loses.

Your right, the city could have been sacked by some the Gauls or they could have lost one of their early wars of expansion, but the republic was already in existence and the city of Rome was already the senior partner in its alliance with the Latin League so there is just as much of a possibility that the Romans still rise to prominence even if Pārsa loses.
 
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