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Athens and Sparta are located in modern-day Greece. The name of the country may not appear on the map in question because it is assumed that readers are already familiar with the location of Athens and Sparta within Greece.
To turn out under arms when called out, and to undertake regular military training and exercises.
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Turn of the Tides was created in 1994.
The peace treaties with Sparta and Persia in the middle of the 5th century BC were important in that they recognized the Athenian empire and the right of Athens to coerce their allies. The treasury at Delos was moved to Athens and subscriptions paid there became tribute to Athens. This greatly enriched the City of Athens.
I Can't Turn the Tide was created in 1989-11.
The phrase "Canute against the tide" refers to the story of King Canute of England, who unsuccessfully ordered the tide to turn back to demonstrate his limited power. It is often used to illustrate the futility of trying to control natural forces or circumstances beyond one's control.
Sparta expanded its territory and turned the population into serfs, who supported the Spartan citizens, allowing them to devote themselves to military activities, and so field a fully-professional army. Athens, like the other cities, depended on calling up its farmer and tradesmen citizens for war service as required for contingencies, and theoretically were not as well trained and experienced. Also, Athens concentrated on sea power, using its city walls to protect the city, and being able to harass enemies with sea raids. However its army usually gave a good account of itself when required. Sparta's weakness was in numbers. While Athens could turn out 10,000 armoured warriors at Plataea in 479 BCE against the Persians, Sparta could muster only 5,000. And this got worse for Sparta as accumulating battle casualties over the next century so reduced its military manpower that it ceased to be able to compete and it slipped into obscurity. Sparta in its heyday was able to multiply its power through the Peloponnesian League which it led, being able to turn out such allies as Corinth and Thebes. When these alliances broke up Sparta was isolated and in 370 BCE was defeated by Thebes and never regained prominence.
. . . Sparta tried to settle Athens' affairs and its status when deprived of its empire, but was in turn defeated by Thebes, and the resulting instability in Greek affairs brought the intervention of Persia imposing peace on them. The instbility paved the way for the subsequent dominance of Macedonia.
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The coalition of southern Greek city-states, not Athens, fought the Persians. At the winning land battle of Plataia 479 BCE it included Sparta, Athens, Tegea, Corinth, Orchonemos, Sicyon, Epidauros, Troizen, Mycenai, Tirtns, Phlius, Hermion, Eritrea, Chalcis, Ambracia, Leucas, Pelea, Aigina, Megara, Plataia. However ten years earlier the city of Plataia helped Athens turn back the punitive expedition which Persia had sent against Eretria and Athens.