They were long-time allies. This came apart in the 460s BCE when the Athenians sent an army contingent to Sparta to help them put down a revolt by the Spartan serfs. The Athenian soldiers became sympathetic with the serfs and the Spartans sent them home. Thereafter they regarded each other with suspicion.
When the Persian War ended in 449 BCE Athens turned the 180 city-states it had led in the Delian League against the Persians Empire into an empire of its own and used this power to interfere in the other Greek cities, bringing on a clash with the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta, in the devastating 27-year Peloponnesian War.
The Peloponnesian war
Athens focused on education while Sparta focused on strength and their warlike abilities.
The Peloponnesian War .
Two differences between Athens and Sparta are their forms of government (Athens had a democracy while Sparta had an oligarchy) and their focus on military training (Sparta emphasized military training from a young age while Athens did not). Two similarities are their use of slaves for labor and their belief in the importance of physical fitness.
. . . the Peloponnesian War .
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The conflict between Athens and Sparta , known as the Peloponnesian War , was won by the city-state of Sparta .
The Peloponnesian War was a conflict between the two city-states of Athens and Sparta .
Athens's finnancial differences from Sparta were that Sparta had alot more gold and Athens had alot more credit.
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ATHENS=based on education and entertainmentSPARTA=based strictly on military and poo
Spartans are from Sparta and Athens are from Athen. Plus, Athens was just a city-state, whereas Sparta is an entire different nationality.