Why did Sparta and Greece fight?

Answer 1

Sparta was part of the Greek nation. They actually fought Athens due to beliefs and education. Sparta was all war and athletics while Athens was education and logic, along with a navy which Sparta didn't have.

Answer 2

Who was the Great Peloponnesian?

The Peloponnesian War was caused by Athens' ambition to dominate the Greek world and used the resources which had been gathered to see off the Persian invasion for its own benefit. The Peloponnesian League led by Sparta fought against Athens' intrusion in theor affairs.

Answer 3

Athens, with the resources of its alliance/empire, and its active spirit, was determined to get its own way, and was naturally adventurous and aggressive in achieving it.

Sparta, with the Peloponnesian League which it had formed as a counterbalance, was conservative and unwilling to go to war, but was pushed into it by its allies who were affected by the Athenian aggressiveness.

A series of problems, mainly affecting Sparta's colleague Corinth, raised tensions and began sporadic fights. The culmination was Athens' ruinous trade ban against Megara, which appealed to its Pelopponesian League partners. Athens refused Sparta's request for its repeal, and all-out war followed.

No one foresaw that, unlike the quick resolution which usually followed inter-city disputes, this war would last 27 years and devastate the Greek world from Sicily to Asia Minor.

Answer 4

They were very different and knew that the other was powerful. They figured if they won the war they would have more authority and meaning.