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What were the battle straegies of Athens and Sparta you the peloponnesian war?
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∙ 9y ago
Usually they hated each other... but in times when invaders attacked Greece, they became allies and fought the invaders. Athens and Sparta would have HUGE wars between themselves when outsiders weren't attacking. They were bitter enemies as well as strong allies.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoSparta , a land based power , had to acquire naval assets and skills to overcome it's opponents the Athenians who were well experienced in naval warfare . Athens , ironically , had to field land forces sufficient to contest the Spartans .
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∙ 6y agoOver the 50 years of the war, Sparta led the first half and provided naval and land contibutions; Athens did also.
In the latter stages, Athens led the Delian League of mostly Asian Greek city-states against Persia until Persia agreed to peace.; Sparta was preoccupied with serf uprisings at home.
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∙ 13y agosparta's strategy was to cut off the athenian food supply by destroying crops. athens' strategy was to avoid battles on land and to rely on sea power.
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What city-states helped Athens in battle with Sparta?
About 180 city-states of Asia Minor and the Aegean islands called the Delian league, which ad been led by Athens against the Persian Empire, were converted into an empire of Athens after the Persian threat ended. Athens lived of the resources of these cities, and levied naval and land forces from them. This gave it the power to meddle in the affairs of other Greek city-states, leading to the devastating 27-year Peloponnesian War against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.
Who was the best runner in ancient Greece?
Pheidippides, runner from Athens to Sparta to ask for help later from battle of marathon to Athens to report a victory
One immediate outcome of the Battle of Thermopylae was that Athens and Sparta finally united true or false?
Sparta and Athens had been allies for some time. Sparta helped Athens in its struggle for democracy in late 507 BCE, and had also sent its army to help Athens at Marathon in 490 BCE 10 years earlier but had arrived too late for that battle. Athens was not present at Thermopylae, its forces were committed to manning its navy at the simultaneous battle of Artemesium. So the answer is False - Athens and Sparta were allies long before joining other southern Greek cities which united to repel the Persian invasion, and remained allies until 460 BCE when they had a falling out.
Why did Athens win the Battle of Marathon?
Yes, they won. But they only won because they had Sparta's army help them.
How did the Battle of Salamis affect the future?
The naval Battle of Salamis won a victory for the Greek allies, primarily Athens. It, in effect, stranded the Persian Army in Greece, forcing it to make a fighting retreat home, leading to its defeat at Plataea. After the war, Athens formed a naval defense league to prevent any further Persian incursions. Athens became he leading cultural center of its time, leading the world in architecture, sculpture, and theater. In time, Athens began to use the treasury of the league as its personal resource, and behaved as an imperial power, bringing it into conflict with its former ally, Sparta, and sparking the Peloponnesian War, which eventually led to Athens' defeat and the fall of democracy in Ancient Greece.
Was the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta?
The Peloponnesian War was between Athens and Sparta. It was after the great Persian war, when Athens and Sparta worked together to defeat Persia. The Peloponnesian War was started because Sparta feared Athens may dominate them one day. There was a big battle between them, lasting for many years, but in the end, Sparta won.
Why was the Peloponnesian War called the battle between the elephant and the whale?
It was called that because Sparta excelled in land military while Athens excelled in marine warfare.
Where did the big battle between Athens and Sparta take place?
There were many battles between Athens and Sparta. They also fought on the same side several times. There was a war between Athens and its allies and Sparta and its allies, which we now call the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE) for no good reason, as it was fought throughout the Mediterranean from Sicily to Asia Minor. It contained many battles. Did you have one in particular in mind?
What was name of the battle of Athens and Sparta?
There were many battles between Athens and Sparta. They also fought on the same side several times. There was a war between Athens and its allies and Sparta and its allies, which we now call the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE) for no good reason, as it was fought throughout the Mediterranean from Sicily to Asia Minor. It contained many battles. Did you have one in particular in mind?
How did the war between Athens and Sparta end?
The final battle at Aigospotamai was won by the Spartan-led Peloponnesian League in 405 BCE. Athens was then besieged and starved into submission in 404 BCE as without its fleet it could not import food.
What city-states helped Athens in battle with Sparta?
About 180 city-states of Asia Minor and the Aegean islands called the Delian league, which ad been led by Athens against the Persian Empire, were converted into an empire of Athens after the Persian threat ended. Athens lived of the resources of these cities, and levied naval and land forces from them. This gave it the power to meddle in the affairs of other Greek city-states, leading to the devastating 27-year Peloponnesian War against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.
What war did Sparta and Athens work together in?
The Peloponnesian war which stared at 431 BCE and lasted until 404 BCE. The Spartans won this war but could not exploit the benefits of their victory as they were too weak to re establish the state and the power they once had.
Where did the Peloponnesian War end?
The Peloponnesian Wars ceased at the Battle of Aegospotami in 405 BC and Athens , in 404 BC , capitulated to the Spartans .
What non battle caused a weakening of Athens?
Athenian Imperialism during the Peloponnesian War seriously weakened Athens. This was in no way due to a specific battle in the war.
What non-battle event caused a weakening of Athens?
Athenian imperialism during the Peloponnesian War seriously weakened Athens. This was in no way due to a specific battle in the war.
Did Athens defeat the spartians in the battle of Marathon?
No. It defeated a Persian expeditionary force. Athens and Sparta were then friends. Pheidippides ran to Sparta to summon them to help, but the Spartans didn't arrive in time before the battle was fought.
What caused a lack of trust between Sparta and Athens?
In about 460 BCE, after the Persian invasion had been repelled by the combined Greek forces, Sparta was facing a revolt by its serf population in Messene, and making heavy weather in putting it down. Athens offered to help and sent an expeditionary force to reinforce the Spartan forces. The Athenians were very adventurous in their operations, and showed up Spartan methods, which was based on trying to force a pitched battle with an elusive opposition which declined to make itself such a target. There is also a suggestion thet the Athenians showed some sympathy for the Messenians. The upshot was that Sparta invited the Athenians to go home, and the usual cooperative spirit between the two cities soured. After peace was finally made with the Persians in 449 BCE, Athens converted the anti-Persian Delian League which it led into an empire of its own, continuing to levy the war fund from the 200 cities of that league to use for its own benefit and maintaining a strong navy to enforce the annual collection of money. With this strength, Athens aggressively interfered in the affairs of the cities to which Sparta was allied in the Peloponnesian League, particularly Corinth. The Peloponnesian League members urged Sparta to help them stand up to Athens. A cocksure Athens persisted in interfering in other cities, and this came to a head when Athens banned Megara, a Peloponnesian League member, from trade with cities in its empire, which would destroy Megara. The Peloponnesian League demanded Sparta act, Sparta demanded Athens back off, Athens refused, war ensued.
