The war was not a contest for control of Greece, it was between the Athenian alliance/empire and the Spartan-led Peloponnesian alliance. Athens was taking its power too far and the Peloponnesian League drew a line in the san which Athens ignored, bringing on the war.
peloponnesian league led by Sparta fought the delian league led by Athens. the result was a peloponnesian league victory and the delian league was dismantled
Athens won the first Peloponnesian War but Sparta won the second war
1. Athens is defeated in the Peloponnesian War 2. Phillip of Macedon conquers Greece. 3.Greece falls under Roman Control 4.Rome falls to the goths.
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Athens
Contrast the results of the Persian and Peloponnesian war with regards to Athens Greece
Sparta defeated Athens .
Contrast the results of the Persian and Peloponnesian war with regards to Athens greece
The war was not a contest for control of Greece, it was between the Athenian alliance/empire and the Spartan-led Peloponnesian alliance. Athens was taking its power too far and the Peloponnesian League drew a line in the san which Athens ignored, bringing on the war.
It gave Athens the resources to adopt an expansionary and aggressive policy in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Peloponnesian League led by Sparta was formed to counter this, and the inevitable result was war between the two blocs - a 27 year war which devastated Greece.
The Peloponnesian War was caused by Athens slowly creating an empire under Pericles, an Athenian general. Sparta did not want only one city-state to be able to control all of Greece, so they decided to attack Athens, causing the Peloponnesian War.
peloponnesian league led by Sparta fought the delian league led by Athens. the result was a peloponnesian league victory and the delian league was dismantled
The Peloponnesian War lasted from 431 to 404 BCE. The war was between Athens and the Peloponnesian League which was led by Sparta.
Athens won the first Peloponnesian War but Sparta won the second war
Athens and its allies were defeated by Sparta in the Peloponnesian War.
Athens establishing an empire, and getting into conflict with the Spartan-led Peloponnesian League in the 27-year destructive Peloponnesian War.