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Did Athens or Sparta have a strong navy?
Athens had a strong navy, while Sparta had a better army
Which Greek city-state had a powerful navy?
This varied from time to time. In the 5th Century BCE Athens built a powerful one which dominated for 80 years until the Persians subsidised a competing one for the Peloponnesian League which destroyed the Athenian fleet.
Who had a stronger navy Athens or Sparta?
athens
Why was Sparta and Athens enemies?
They were polar opposites, Athens being a scholarly, open empire, with Sparta being a military state that detested change. Sparta had a powerful army, Athens had a powerful navy. Both were also ambitious and wanted to expand their reaches of influence. They were bound to bump heads a few times.
Wars of the Sparta and Athens?
the only war between Athens & Sparta is the pelioponnesion war where Sparta fought Athens because they thought they were too powerful. in the end Athens surrendered and Sparta then became the most powerful.
Athens had a powerful?
Athens had a powerful navy.
What are the strength and weaknesses of Sparta?
Sparta - its army. Athens - its navy.
Where Sparta and Athens enemys?
Yes, because Sparta and Athens were once allies but then Athens turned on Sparta and Sparta responded with war.
Who had the superior army and navy between Athens and Sparta?
A navy is not on land, so neither had the best navy.
Which is better at fighting Athens or Sparta?
Sparta had a better army by far, but Athens had a much better navy.
Did Athens have the most powerful navy in the Aegean world?
It did until 405 BCE when the navy was destroyed by a Peloponnesian fleet led by Sparta at Aigospotamai in the Dardanelles Strait.
Was Sparta military better than Athens?
Athens was a democracy and had more liberal (for that time) thinking and had good navy. Sparta was a oligarchy was more conservative and militaristic and had great army. In the war between them (Peloponnesian war), Sparta won.
