The Spartans and Athens went to war in 431 B.C. and the war ended in 404 B.C.
what war did athens and sparta fight
what war did athens and sparta fight
It came to a head when Athens tried to destroy economically Megara, an ally of Sparta. The Peloponnesian League led by Sparta demanded this stop, Athens refused. War ensued.
Peleponnesian War was a 27 year war ending with Sparta victor over Athens. War broke out when Athens sought to expand and allied with Corcyra that was a colony of Corinth. Sparta and Corinth were already allies and Sparta saw this as a military aggression. Athens at the time was lead by Pericles who refused to withdraw. Tension was high and war finally broke out when Thebes, ally of Sparta, attacked Plataea which sided with Athens.
that is about the sparta and the athen having a war in 1690
Athens shouldn't go to war with Sparta because they will loose a lot of soldiers.
what war did athens and sparta fight
what war did athens and sparta fight
Athens and its allies were defeated by Sparta in the Peloponnesian War.
the only war between Athens & Sparta is the pelioponnesion war where Sparta fought Athens because they thought they were too powerful. in the end Athens surrendered and Sparta then became the most powerful.
From 431 to 404 BCE.
Sparta's declaration of war against Athens began the Peloponnesian war. Sparta accused Athens of breaking their peace and the war began in 431 BCE.
The city-states of Athens and Sparta fought each other in the Peloponnesian War .
Athens was more artistic and Sparta was more tougher at war
athens wanted peace while sparta wanted war
Athens and Sparta fought the poleponesian war. and it was over control of all of Greece
Athens versus Sparta .