After 30 years they defeated a plague weakened Athens.
Athens and its empire by Sparta and its allies, with financial support from Persia.
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.
Athens and Sparta did not fight each other in isolation. They fought as allies and as adversaries in various conflicts over a couple of hundred years. So Athens did not defeat Sparta or Sparta defeat Athens. They were involved in wider conflicts in the battles.
It was part of a coalition led by Sparta which repelled an invasion by the Persian Empire.
After 27 years Athens, its fleet destroyed, was besieged and starved into surrender.
During the Peloponnesian war.
No, the Spartans were Greek.
Pericles' decision to attack Sparta
There was no war between Persia and Sparta, and no specific battle between Sparta and Persia. Sparta was at times part of a Greek force fighting Persia, and at other times was allied to Persia. But there was no specific Sparta-Persia war or battle.
Sparta won the war.
what war did athens and sparta fight
what war did athens and sparta fight