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Why was is so difficult for Athens and Sparta to fight each other?
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the Sparta were warriors so they looked down upon the Athenians as being weak. The Athenians were educated and schooled so they looked down upon the Spartans as being uneducated
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In 423 BC Sparta joined forces with other city-states against Athens to fight what war?
Sparta led the Peloponnesian League, which opposed the intrusions of the empire which Athens had formed out of the anti-Persian Delian League. The Peloponnesian War started in 431 BCE, paused in 423 BCE then resumed until Athens and its empire were defeated in 404 BCE.
Which rival Greek city-states fought the Peloponnesian War?
Athens and its allies and Sparta and its allies.
Why were the treaties with Sparta and Persia important to ancient Athens?
The peace treaties with Sparta and Persia in the middle of the 5th century BC were important in that they recognized the Athenian empire and the right of Athens to coerce their allies. The treasury at Delos was moved to Athens and subscriptions paid there became tribute to Athens. This greatly enriched the City of Athens.
Who were Sparta's allies?
Alliances in Greece changed. For example several times Sparta and Athens fought on the same side, at others on opposing sides. Similarly at times Sparta and Thebes fought together, at other times were opponents. Generally Sparta was allied to other Doric city-states, though again this was not a hard and fast rule. And although Persia was usually an opponent of the Greek city-states, it was Persian financial support which enabled Sparta and its allies to get a competent fleet in the Peloponnesian War and defeat Athens.
Did Sparta have more people living in it than any other city state around 400 BC?
Nope! Athens did.
When did Athens and Sparta work together and when did they fight each other?
i dnt know
How many times did Athens and Sparta go to war?
Athens and Sparta did not fight each other in isolation. They fought as allies and as adversaries in various conflicts over a couple of hundred years. So Athens did not defeat Sparta or Sparta defeat Athens. They were involved in wider conflicts in the battles.
Who did the Greeks fight in the Peloponnesian War?
Each other. Athens and Sparta, with their respective Greek allies, fought each other. The Persian Empire later sided with Sparta against Athens, but mostly it was Greek against Greek.
Where did Athens anf Sparta fight each other?
On various Greek Islands, also in the city of Athens itself, and the Peloponnese Island, which is where the Spartans came from.
What war did Sparta and other city-states joined forces against Athens to fight what war?
The Peloponnesian War.
Why are Athens better then Sparta?
Athens isn't better than sparta. its the other way around!!
What war was Athens and Sparta involved in?
The city-states of Athens and Sparta fought each other in the Peloponnesian War .
What war did Sparta and other city-states join forces against Athens to fight in 431 BC?
The Peloponnesian War.
Why did greek settlements often fight one another?
If you are talking about Cities States and the Peloponnesian War is mainly because half of the states were in ally with Sparta and the other half were allies with Athens, plus some other neutral states. Sparta and Athens were the two dominant states back then, so when Athens started to gain more and more power, Sparta didn't like that. The possible reason why Sparta and Athens were in dispute all the time might be the governmental system, Sparta had an oligarchic system, and Athens a democratic system. Was like nowadays political parties.
What are the greek city-state Athens and Sparta fought each other in the .....?
If I understand the question correctly, it was The Peloponnesian War from 431 to 404 BC that Athens and Sparta fought each other. Sparta was the victor.
Who fought who in the penloponesian war?
The war was fought between Athens and Sparta, but both cities had many allies in other parts of Greece, some of whom were forced to fight. Toward the end of the war, Sparta allied with an old enemy, the Persian Empire, against Athens.
How did Sparta differ from Athens?
Sparta was different from Athens because Athens was more artlike and Sparta was tought to be tough ruthless people they were tought to steal kill and make slaves but on the other hand Athens did not go crazy with power like Sparta did they maintained society and they made laws to enforce what you should live like back then
