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Who fought in the peloponnesian?
The city states of Athens and Sparta and their allies fought each other in the Peloponnesian War .
Why did city-states join up with Sparta to attack Athens?
Athens, using the spoils of the empire it had made out of the nti-Persian league, was interfering in the city-states of the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta. This came to a head when Athens tried to destroy the levelihood of Megara, amember of the Peloponnesian League. The other members of the League appealed to Sparta to intervene, Sparta appealed to Athens to lift the action against Megara. An ocer-confident Athens refused and war ensued.
Why did the very different cultures of Athens and Sparta from an alliance?
They formed an alliance because they wanted to rebel against the Persians. Athens had all the brains and Sparta had all the war like abilities. Athens needed someone that was good in war. Even though Athens had a strong army it was still too small to over ride the Persian Empire. The Persians were a common enemy for Athens and Sparta. They both had something in common; liking the Persians. So the more people Athens had in their army the more likely it is for Athens to win. In the end Athens does win the war against the Persians but there are many more wars the Athenians and the Persians have had against each other.
Why in 431 BC did Sparta and other city-states join forces against Athens to fight the war?
After the Persian War, Athens turned the 180 city-states it had led against the Persian Empire into an empire of its own. It then tried to use this power to dominate other city-states. The final straw was when it tried to bankrupt its neighbour Megara, which belonged to the Dorian Peloponnesian League led by Sparta. Megara asked for help, Sparta demanded Athens back off, Athens continued and the devastating 27-year Peloponnesian War followed.
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
What is the name for the wars Sparta and Athens fought against each other?
The Peloponnesian Wars.
What wars were Sparta and Athens involved in?
they had fought together and against each other
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.
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.
What war was Athens and Sparta involved in?
The city-states of Athens and Sparta fought each other in the Peloponnesian War .
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.
Athens and Sparta and their allies fought each other in what war?
peloponnesian war
Who fought in the peloponnesian?
The city states of Athens and Sparta and their allies fought each other in the Peloponnesian War .
Greek city-states Athens and Sparta fought each other in the?
Peloponnesian War
What was the name of the war where Athens and Sparta fought each other?
Persian Wars
Which rival Greek city-states fought the Peloponnesian War?
Athens and its allies and Sparta and its allies.
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.
