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Who helped Sparta defeat Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars?

the macedonians of course... No, not the Macedonians. Sparta had many cities aligned in a league to defeat Athens, and some had formerly been Athenian allies who turned their coats because Athens treated them too harshly. Also, Sparta later formed an alliance with an old enemy, Persia, which continued to meddle in Greek affairs after their defeat by Sparta and Athens many years earlier. Persia gave Sparta money for a fleet. nobody helped them Yes, somebody helped them. They could not have done it without help, especially from the Persians and the Syracusans. Read the history.


Who was Sparta and Athens main enemy across the sea?

Persians


Was Athens and Thebes enemys?

not sure who their friends were but they HATED Sparta i know that


Why Sparta and Athens unite during the persain wars?

To face a more powerful common enemy


What wars united Athens and Sparta against and external enemy?

The Persian Wars 490 to 449 BCE.


What was the alliance like between Sparta and Athens during the Persian war?

They each provided major forces for a coalition of southern Greek city-states to resist the Persian invasion. After the invasion was repelled, Sparta left the follow-up action to Athens. They remained allies until Athens converted the anti-Persian alliance into an empire of its own after the Persians gave up trying to enforce peace in the western Mediterranean. Athens over-reached itself and this led to the Peloponnesian War between a Spartan alliance and Athens and its empire. In this war Persia gave assistance to Sparta to help it defeat Athens.


Who fought who in the penloponesian war?

The war was fought between Athens and Sparta, but both cities had many allies in other parts of Greece, some of whom were forced to fight. Toward the end of the war, Sparta allied with an old enemy, the Persian Empire, against Athens.


What are some words to describe Sparta?

Sparta was an oligarchy, [ a type of government which only a few people hold power] unlike there enemy the Athens, the people of Sparta [ the Spartans ] focused on military skills and trained at a very young age and retired at 60 very old huh?well that's not all you know what amazes me the most? at once in a war between Athens and Persia, the Athens aggred to come together and defeat the Persians they defeated the Persians but that didn't make them friends it just made them enemies.......... again then came the great war the Peloponnesian war when Sparta and the Athens fought and Sparta had won ,these is all i know of Sparta, sorry for the long answer.Simply put: LACONIC! Suprise, suprise ^^laconic - brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand"From the ancient Greek name of Sparta: 'lakadaimon'


Why did the very different cultures of Athens and Sparta from an alliance?

They formed an alliance because they wanted to rebel against the Persians. Athens had all the brains and Sparta had all the war like abilities. Athens needed someone that was good in war. Even though Athens had a strong army it was still too small to over ride the Persian Empire. The Persians were a common enemy for Athens and Sparta. They both had something in common; liking the Persians. So the more people Athens had in their army the more likely it is for Athens to win. In the end Athens does win the war against the Persians but there are many more wars the Athenians and the Persians have had against each other.


Who were the slaves in Athens?

enemy's


Why did Sparta and Athens unite in the peloponnesian wars?

Sparta was a closed society, and losses of citizens in wars could not be replaced. These losses had been accumulating during the Peloponnese War in the 4th Century, and were compounded in the wars against the Theban confederation at Leuctra in 372 BCE, and Mantinea 362 BCE. As a consequence, as a rural community with a now low warrior strength, it simply didn't have the resources. Although Sparta joined with Arcadia and Achaea to block the pass at Thermopylae to prevent Philip of Macedon's push south, it subsequently decided it could no longer take the field with hostile neighbours Arcadia and Messenia (which Thebes had liberated from Spartan rule) threatening its territory. In consequence Sparta stayed at home as Philip overcame Greece.


Who was Spartans enemy?

Notably , Athens .