because, honey, they did!
they surrendered the war.
404 BC
Athens was enemies with Sparta and Sparta was enemies with Athens
The surrender of the beseiged city of Athens to the the Peloponnesian land and naval forces led by Sparta.
they had different forms of government, Sparta had oligarchy while Athens had democracy. in Athens, you became a man when you turned 18, in Sparta you had to be 30. for money Athens had drachmas and Sparta had obols.
404 BCE.
they surrendered the war.
404 BC
After 27 years Athens, its fleet destroyed, was besieged and starved into surrender.
778 bc
Athens was enemies with Sparta and Sparta was enemies with Athens
Athens did not starve Sparta into surrendering. In 404 BCE Sparta starved Athens into surrender by besieging the city and sending all Athenian expatriates back into the cityto speed up the starvation process.
Sparta full-time. Athens part-time.
Sparta because they did not have as much freedom as Athens.
The surrender of the beseiged city of Athens to the the Peloponnesian land and naval forces led by Sparta.
Athena
Athens had a democracy; Sparta, an oligarchy.