Peloponnesian Wars
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Hellenistic Age, Ancient Greece
- Curriculum: Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Greece, Greece (ancient)
- Date: 460-446; 431-404
Article abstract: At issue: Supremacy of the eastern Mediterranean. Result: Spartan victory; end of Athenian political hegemony.
Background
By the fifth century b.c.e., Athens and Sparta were the two leading city-states of Greece. The two powers generally cooperated when they shared the common goal of stopping a Persian invasion (499-448 b.c.e.). During these years, Sparta was the dominant power because of its leadership of the Peloponnesian League, which included most Greek city-states on the Peloponnesian peninsula and central Greece. A 481 b.c.e....
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