Jake the sparten
Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.
The Peloponnesian War, 431 to 404 BC, was an ancient Greek war fought by Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.
Sparta and Athens were allies against Persia in the Persian War.
Sparta's declaration of war against Athens began the Peloponnesian war. Sparta accused Athens of breaking their peace and the war began in 431 BCE.
Athens versus Sparta .
The war between Athens and Sparta was the Peloponnesian War. the ancient Greeks called it the war between Athens and its allies and Sparta and its allies. The word Peloponnesian was used because the alliance led by Sparta against the Athenian empire was the Peloponnesian alliance, as most of the cities were in the Peloponnese Peninsula.
The war against Persia. It united all of Greece, including Athens and Sparta.
Athens and its empire versus the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.
The Peloponnesian war was an ancient Greek war fought by Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian league led by Sparta (431 - 404 BC)
A series of disputes between Athens and the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta came to a head when Athens took action against one of the League members Megara. Sparta tried to get Athens to relent, Athens refused, and war broke out.
Athens shouldn't go to war with Sparta because they will loose a lot of soldiers.
It came to a head when Athens tried to destroy economically Megara, an ally of Sparta. The Peloponnesian League led by Sparta demanded this stop, Athens refused. War ensued.