Each headed leagues of cities. Athens was confident of its defences, resources of its empire and sea power. Sparta was confident of its league's land power.
Athens intruded into the affairs of the Peloponnesian League, and refused to back away. War ensued. Neither expected the limited disputes to expand into a 27-year war which devastated the Greek world.
King Xerxes who controlled the Persians and the various vassal states of the Persian empire.
Each was the leader of an opposing confederation which fought the war.
The Persians would have won if Sparta and Athens had not united to fight the Persian Army
Sparta provided soldiers, naval ships and leadership of the Greek city-states. Athens provided first ships until the Persian navy was defeated, then an army in the land battles.
they both learned how to run,jump,and fight
Sparta is the Greek city-state best known for having a military society. Known best for the heroic, yet losing fight at Thermopylae of their 300 Spartan warriors under King Leonidas against 100,000+ Persians, while Athens is known for the Acropolis and other monuments, Sparta's only monument is the enduring valor of that battle.
Nowhere. Athens sent Pheidippides to run to Sparta to summon them to help fight the Persians. The 120 mile return trip killed him.
what war did athens and sparta fight
what war did athens and sparta fight
Each other. Athens and Sparta, with their respective Greek allies, fought each other. The Persian Empire later sided with Sparta against Athens, but mostly it was Greek against Greek.
Athens and Sparta did not fight over colonies. They did not have colonies to fight over. The Greek world comprised several hundred independent city-states.
Sparta and Athens united to fight against an invasion of Persia.
On various Greek Islands, also in the city of Athens itself, and the Peloponnese Island, which is where the Spartans came from.
Yes.
The Persians would have won if Sparta and Athens had not united to fight the Persian Army
Persia attempted to bring the mainland reek cities within its empire to enforce peace. The northern Greeks submitted, but the southern Greek cities, including Sparta and Athens, combined to repel the invasion.
because they always wanted to fight with athens and outher things
Sparta provided soldiers, naval ships and leadership of the Greek city-states. Athens provided first ships until the Persian navy was defeated, then an army in the land battles.
Notably , the city-state of Athens .