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1. www.britannica.com › event › Peloponnesian-WarPeloponnesian War | Summary, Causes, & Facts | Britannica

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   Jun 21, 2024 · Peloponnesian War, (431–404 bce), war fought between the two leading city-states in ancient Greece, Athens and Sparta. Each stood at the head of alliances that, between them, included nearly every Greek city-state.

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2. www.britannica.com › Sparta-and-AthensAncient Greek civilization - Sparta, Athens, City-States

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   Jun 17, 2024 · The Peloponnesian League. After the suppression of the Messenian revolt (perhaps not before 600), Sparta controlled much of the Peloponnese. In the 6th century it extended that control further, into Arcadia to the north, by diplomatic as well as by purely military means.

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3. www.britannica.com › place › ancient-GreeceAncient Greek civilization - Peloponnesian War, Sparta, Athens

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   Jun 17, 2024 · Potidaea was laid under siege by Athens. None of this yet amounted to war with the Peloponnesian League as a whole, but the temperature was as high as it could be, short of that. A congress of Spartan allies was convoked to discuss grievances against Athens, and the decision was taken for war.

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5. blog.cltexam.com › texts-in-context-the-visitationTexts in Context: The Visitation of the Furies - CLT Journal

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   22 hours ago · Athens could no longer make war, communicate, or even feed herself. Death, And Hell With Him. At long, long last, in the year 404 BC, the Athenians surrendered to Sparta. Thebes and Corinth, cities with old, bitter rivalries with Athens, proposed that the city be razed to the ground and its populace enslaved; Sparta nobly refused, on the ...

6. www.ncesc.com › geographic-faq › what-did-athens-andWhat did Athens and Sparta have in common? - NCESC

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   Jun 24, 2024 · Athens had a democratic government, valued education and the arts, had a strong navy, and focused on intellectual pursuits. Sparta, on the other hand, had an oligarchic government, valued military training and simplicity, had a strong army, and focused on military strength.

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   Jun 27, 2024 · This emphasis on democracy was fostered by Athens’ diverse population, which included traders, immigrants, and artisans from across the Mediterranean. In contrast, Sparta was primarily a military state, where a small group of powerful men ruled.

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   Who fought in the Peloponnesian War?

   • Peloponnesian War, war fought between the two leading city-states in ancient Greece, Athens and Sparta.

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   Who was a Spartan ally?

   • The other Spartan ally seeking to involve Sparta in a private feud with an enemy was Thebes, whose attack on its neighbour Plataea (an Athenian ally) in time of peace was retrospectively recognized by Sparta as an act of war guilt.

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   What caused the war between Athens and Sparta?

   • The main precipitating causes of the war, thought of as a war between Athens and Sparta, actually concerned relations between Sparta’s allies (rather than Sparta itself) and other smaller states with Athenian connections. The two “causes” that occupy the relevant parts of Thucydides’ first, introductory book concern Corcyra and Potidaea.

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   Was Sparta part of the Athenian alliance?

   • The Athenian alliance was, in fact, an empire that included most of the island and coastal states around the northern and eastern shores of the Aegean Sea. Sparta was leader of an alliance of independent states that included most of the major land powers of the Peloponnese and central Greece, as well as the sea power Corinth.

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9. www.socialstudiesforkids.com › articles › worldThe Peloponnesian War - Social Studies for Kids

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   Jun 24, 2024 · The Peloponnesian War was a decades-long struggle for supremacy between primarily Athens and Sparta, the two major powers of Ancient Greece. In the end, the whole of Greece got involved.