The Athenian empire foght the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta for 27 yers. Athens was defeated and stripped of its empire.
Thucydides.
The persian war lasted way longer the the peloponnesian war and the persian wars was a whole bunch of different mini wars
After.
There was one Peloponnesian War, won by the Peloponnesian League over the athenian empire.
swords
Persian.
Thucydides
Athens and Spartans
The Peloponnesian War 431 to 404 BC then the Greco-Roman Wars from 499 BC and lasted until 449 BC
The Peloponnesian Wars.
It was between Athens and its empire and the Peloponnesian League headed by Sparta.
Wars don't have roles. They happen and have outcomes. The Peloponnesian War was between the Athenian empire and the Peloponnesian League, which Athens lost and lost its empire.