The Peloponnesian League, set up to limit Athens' expansionist ambitions, drew a line at Athens' persecution of Megara. Athens was confident enough of its power to refuse to back down.
The persian war lasted way longer the the peloponnesian war and the persian wars was a whole bunch of different mini wars
The Peloponnesian Wars
The Peloponnesian War , 431 to 404 BC , was a series of conflicts between colaitions of city-states - Athens and its allies and Sparta and its allies.
Athens imposed a trading ban on Megara, a member of the Peloponnesian League, designed to ruin it. Megara had the League demand its raising, and when Athens refused war broke out.
The Ionian Revolt triggered the wars between the Persians and the Greeks . Look to the related links below .
Thucydides.
The persian war lasted way longer the the peloponnesian war and the persian wars was a whole bunch of different mini wars
After.
There was one Peloponnesian War, won by the Peloponnesian League over the athenian empire.
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Thucydides
Persian.
Athens and Spartans
The Peloponnesian War 431 to 404 BC then the Greco-Roman Wars from 499 BC and lasted until 449 BC
The Peloponnesian Wars.
It was between Athens and its empire and the Peloponnesian League headed by Sparta.
Wars don't have roles. They happen and have outcomes. The Peloponnesian War was between the Athenian empire and the Peloponnesian League, which Athens lost and lost its empire.