Athens was overconfident when it entered the war, imagining the combination of the money it collected from its empire, the strength of its walls, and the dominance of its navy would see it through. The Persians swung the balance, donating money to the Peloponnesian League to buy and man a fleet to match the Athenian one. With it's fleet defeated, its sea food route closed, and city besieged, Athens was starved out.
Athens and Sparta fought in the Peloponnesian War.
Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.
The two city-states that fought in the Peloponnesian war were Athens and Sparta.
Generally, it was Athens (with its navy) versus Sparta (with its army). This was a war (from 431 to 404 BC) in which Athens and its allies were defeated by the Peloponnesian League, including Sparta.
Athens used the power of its empire to intervene in the affairs of the southern Greek cities in the Peloponnesian Peninsula and their colonies. These incursions were principally in Corcyra and Potidaea and finally its trade rival Megara which Athens set out to bankrupt. The Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta, of which Megara was a member, demanded that Athens cease this; Athens refused and war broke out.
During the Peloponnesian war.
After 27 years Athens, its fleet destroyed, was besieged and starved into surrender.
Persia provided the funds for the Peloponnesian League to build and man a war fleet to match the hitherto superior fleet of Athens.
Athens and its empire by Sparta and its allies, with financial support from Persia.
Athens suffered a number of disasters: the plague, Syracuse, and the defeat of its fleet.
Athens won the first Peloponnesian War but Sparta won the second war
Athens and its allies were defeated by Sparta in the Peloponnesian War.
Not good enough to avoid defeat by Athens at the start of the Peloponnesian War.
The Peloponnesian War was between Athens and Sparta. It was after the great Persian war, when Athens and Sparta worked together to defeat Persia. The Peloponnesian War was started because Sparta feared Athens may dominate them one day. There was a big battle between them, lasting for many years, but in the end, Sparta won.
The Peloponnesian War of the Athenian empire versus the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta resulted in the defeat of Athens which was stripped of his empire. Continuing war between Greek city-states enabled Macedonia to move in and take over.
The Peloponnesian War.The Peloponisian War
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