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The 27-year Peloponnesian War was between Athens and its empire, and the Peloponnesian League of Greek city-states led by Sparta. The Persians intervened late in the war by giving the Peloponnesians the money to get a fleet able to stand up to the hitherto dominant Athenian fleet, so causing Athens to lose the war.
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What 2 factors led to the stunning defeat of AThens?
1. Loss of their allies. 2. Loss of their fleet, arising from intervention by Persia porviding money to the Spartan league to build and man a fleet able to defeat the Athenian one.
How was Sparta finally able to defeat Athens in the Peloponnesian War?
Persia gave the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta the money to build a fleet of warships equal to Athens', and to pay the crews at double the Athenian rate to attract the best sailors. At the confrontation of the two fleets at Aigospotomai, Spartan commander Lysander waited until the Athenian ships crews were on shore buying their food from the local market and swooped on them, taking most on the beach before they could get to sea to fight. With its fleet gone, Athens was besieged with no means of importing food, and eventually had to surrender.
When did the Peloponnesian War begin?
404 BCE after Spartan admiral Lysander captured the entire Athenian fleet at Aigospotamai in the Dardanelles. He then sent all Athenians in the Aegean home to ensure the city starved out all the sooner.
What are the main effects of the Persian and Peloponnesian wars?
Athens converted the Delian League which it had led against the Persians in the latter phase of the war into and empire of its own. Athens ripped off this empire and spent the proceeds on glorifying itself and putting half its citizens on the public payroll. It also used the fleet it maintained to control its empire to intrude into other Greek cities and provoked the Peloponnesian War, which it lost and was stripprd of its empire.
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Germany was able to defeat Russia on the eastern front because it had knowledge of the Russian army. With this knowledge they were able to know what the Russians were doing and plan accordingly.
What 2 factors led to the stunning defeat of AThens?
1. Loss of their allies. 2. Loss of their fleet, arising from intervention by Persia porviding money to the Spartan league to build and man a fleet able to defeat the Athenian one.
What were the outcomes of the Peloponnesian War?
Athens lost its empire. Sparta gained temporary ascendancy until defeated by Thebes 30 years later. Greece was devastated and weakened. Persia, defeated nearly a century earlier, was able to dictate a peace. Macedonia was able to exert hegemony over Greece, and defeat Persia.
What area did Sparta promise the Persian empire?
During the Peloponnesian War between Athens and its empire and the Peloponesian League led by Sparta, the Peloponnesian League received assistance from the Persian Empire which wanted to remove the intrusion of Athes into the Persian Empire via the Greek cities in Asia Minor which it had controlled. The defeat of Athens left these cities exposed and Persia was able to resume control of them and restore peace within its boundaries.
Did the peloponnesian war happen in the golden age of Athens?
After defeat, Athens was stripped of its empire, and without the revenues they mulcted from it, they were not able to either maintain naval preeminence or afford the expenditures which had supported such extravagances as the beautification of Athens.
Did the Persians defeat the Greeks?
In the early stages from 499 BCE when Persia dominated, they were able to use Greek inter-city rivalries and disunity, ease of bribing their leaders, and in the field, the superiority of their cavalry and the fleets, which latter they levied from Phoenecia, Egypt and the Ionian Greeks as well. As the Greeks gained more cohesion and the will to combine for their common defence, they were able to consistently defeat the Persians on sea and land, until Persia agreed to peace in 449 BCE.
Why did Sparta initiate the series of conflicts known as the Peloponnesian War?
Sparta was upset with Athens attempt to control other Greek city-states
How was Sparta finally able to defeat Athens in the Peloponnesian War?
Persia gave the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta the money to build a fleet of warships equal to Athens', and to pay the crews at double the Athenian rate to attract the best sailors. At the confrontation of the two fleets at Aigospotomai, Spartan commander Lysander waited until the Athenian ships crews were on shore buying their food from the local market and swooped on them, taking most on the beach before they could get to sea to fight. With its fleet gone, Athens was besieged with no means of importing food, and eventually had to surrender.
How did Spartans win the peloponnesian war?
Their alliance gained the financial support of Persia, which was sick of the war spilling over ito its empire. This enabled the Spartan alliance to raise a navy able to compete with the hitherto dominant Athenian fleet, defeat it and invest Athens, which was starved into submission.
Why was it so difficult for Athens and Sparta to defeat each othere?
Each had allies which augmented its power. Athens had an empire of about 180 city-states spread around the eastern Aegean Sea,. It had strong walls, which extended down to the sea, which enabled it to be resupplied during a siege. It also had a superior navy, which gave it the ability to threaten and raid opposing cities of the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta, and to ensure resupply of the city by sea from its empire. The Peloponnesian League had the strongest land forces, and was able to besiege Athens. By whittling don Athens' allies, it progressively reduced Athens' power and resupply, until finally after 27 years of fighting, the Athenian fleet was destroyed (Persia gave money to pay for a Peloponnesian fleet) and Athens was starved into submission.
Why were the tyrants able to seize control Athens?
spartans have the control in athens
Why were the tyrants able to control Athens?
Because the tyrants forced a traded democracy.
Why did the Peloponnesian War last so long?
Neither side had the power to defeat the other outright.The Athenians were dominant at sea but unable to assemble sufficient land power to defeat the Spartan alliance, staying behind their city walls, conducting amphibious raids, and collecting tribute from its empire to finance its fleet and supply the city.The Spartan alliance was dominant on land, but did not have the capacity to either breach the walls of Athens or match its navy at sea.This changed when Persia provided money to Sparta, which was then able to expand its alliance fleet and hire the best sailors, so Athens was matched at sea as well as under seige at home, and unable to collect the tribute from its empire which financed its fleet. Defeat of the Athenian fleet in the Dardanelles ended its naval capability and ability to continue the war.
