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Which Athenian historian wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta?
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431-411 Thucydides.
411-404 Xenophon.
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Good info about the war between Athens and Sparta?
The war was called ''the peloponnesian war''. The wikipedia page has very acurate info. The book of the Athenian historian Thucydides ''History of the Peloponnesian War'' is the main source of information.(there are many good translations)
What fundamentals caused the peloponnesian war?
A contest between the Athenian empire and the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta, with Athenian expansionism facing Peloponnesian determination to give no further ground to it.
What was the conflict of the peloponnesian war?
A struggle between the Athenian empire/league and the Spartan-led Peloponnesian League.
What are the major conflicts of in peloponnesian war?
A struggle between the Athenian empire and the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.
Why did the Peloponnesian war erupt?
Irreconcilable differences between the Peloponnesian League over the Athenian ban of trade with the Peloponnesian city of Megara, designed to cripple it.
Was the conflict between Athens and Sparta called the peloponnesian war?
We call it today the Peloponnesian War. It was a 27-year war between the Athenian Empire and the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.
When was the peloponnesian war?
It ran for 27 years between the Athenian empire and the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta 431 to 404 BCE.
What is the role of the Peloponnesian War?
Wars don't have roles. They happen and have outcomes. The Peloponnesian War was between the Athenian empire and the Peloponnesian League, which Athens lost and lost its empire.
Why peloponnesian war happened?
It was a conflict between two alliances - the Athenian empire and the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta over dominance in parts of the Greek world.
Was Thucydides a famous historian?
Thucydides was a famous Greek Historian. He was writing in the 5th century and focuses on the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta.
What lead the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War?
Rivalry between the Athenian empire and the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta, culminating in Athens imposing a ruinous trade ban on the Peloponnesian city of Megara and refusing to rescind it.
Why the peloponnesian war was fought?
Athens' expansionist activities were opposed by the Peloponnesian League headed by Sparta. Continuing Athenian pressure on cities outside its empire resulted in a series of clashes which led to war between the two power blocs.
