Athens and its allies and Sparta and its allies.
It was an alliance of city-state, largely from the Peloponnese peninsula, led by Sparta against the Athenian alliance/empire. Nearly 300 city-states were involved on both sides.
Notably , Athens and Sparta fought each other . During the course of the conflict many of the smaller cities switched allegiances as the circumstances fluctuated .
There were about 300 city-states involved, headed by Athens on one side and Sparta on the other.
Athens and Sparta were the two Greek city-states that battled in the Peloponnesian War
Sparta
Athenians main rivals where from Sparta. They fought in the Peloponnesian wars.
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The same as it always has been and is - an attempt by a state to impose its will on another state. This might range from looting to subjection to destruction of a rival.
Sparta and Athens vied for supremacy .
Sparta and Athens joined 20-odd other Greek city-states to oppose Persia. After that war,the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta fought the Peloponnesian War against the Athenian empire.
Persian War: The Greek cities of Asia Minor provided a third of the Persian navy for the 480 invasion of southern Greece. The Greek city states of central Greece provided a substantial part of the Persian army which fought the southern Greek armies. Peloponnesian War: Athens and the cities in its empire fought the mainly Peloponnesian cities led by Sparta.
Athenians main rivals where from Sparta. They fought in the Peloponnesian wars.
peloponnesian league
Many Greeks outside of Athens resented Athenian domination. Before long, the Greek world split into rival camps. To counter the Delian league, Sparta and other enemies of Athens formed the Peloponnesian League, while Athens supported the among its allies That is why the Peloponnesian War took place.
Athens used the power of its empire to intervene in the affairs of the southern Greek cities in the Peloponnesian Peninsula and their colonies. These incursions were principally in Corcyra and Potidaea and finally its trade rival Megara which Athens set out to bankrupt. The Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta, of which Megara was a member, demanded that Athens cease this; Athens refused and war broke out.
The Spartans feared no one. They led a confederation of city-states (the Peloponnesian League) which defeated the over-confident rival Athenian empire in the Peloponnesian War.
The city-states of Athens and Sparta as well as their allies were involved in the war that started at 431 and ended at 404 BCE. The Spartans and their allies were the winners of the war that later was named "the Peloponnesian war"
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Corinth, Thebes, Sparta.