King’s Peace Ends Corinthian War
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- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Military History, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Empires, Dynasties, Treaties, Agreements, Negotiations, Hellenistic Age, Ancient Greece
- Curriculum: Middle Eastern History, Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Turkey, Asia Minor
- Date: 386
Article abstract: Although dictated by Persia, the King’s Peace, also known as the Peace of Antalcidas, which ended the Corinthian War, had autonomy as its governing principle and served as the beginning of later Hellenic peace movements.
Summary of Event
About a decade after the end of the Peloponnesian War (431-404 b.c.e.), the cities of Thebes and Corinth, former allies of Sparta in that conflict, had become alienated by Sparta’s tyrannical interference in Greek affairs. The two cities took advantage of Sparta’s involvement in a war with Persia...
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