by starting a war
Yes , and Athens exploited her position to the detriment of the other Greek city-states which ultimately led to the Peloponnesian Wars .
Athens was one of the 2,000 city-states which fought each other over a thousand years.
by starting a war
they didn't like the Athens because they the other city state pay them money and give them lands for colonies.
Athens was a city-state, meaning it was *the* city in the area is governed. Ancient Greece wasn't a united area, but consisted of several city-states that controlled varying areas of what is now Greece. So Athens was the only city in it's area.
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The city-states of Athens and Sparta fought each other in the Peloponnesian War .
Athens formed the Delian League with other city states including Sparta
Athens was a city-state which owned Attica - a territory in central-eastern Greece. In the second half of the 5th Century BCE it had an empire of 200 other city-states in Asia Minor and the Islands from which it extracted annual payments used to extend its own prosperity.
They each had their own armies and military units. The city-states also had their own government, which in Athens, their government was a democracy. The culture in the city-states are different from other city-states as well.