There was never ancient Greek empire as we think of it..It was a group of up to 1000+ individual cities with separate politics and armies and even culture and customs differed somewhat.
So basically with the exception of Persian invasion, Sparta was in no way important to anyone except for themselves.They were probably one of the most hated cities in Greece because they were formidable foe and potential threat. Good thing is they had no plans for conquering anything farther than Peloponnessus so other cities did not had any direct problems with them.
It was between Athens and its empire and the Peloponnesian League headed by Sparta.
The Peloponnesian War, 431 to 404 BC, was an ancient Greek war fought by Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.
Sparta is located in Greek so most if not all Greek myths are associated with Sparta
No, Sparta became most powerful after Athens was defeated in the Peloponnesian War, was stripped of its empire and revenue, and so lost its golden age without the money it mulcted from its empire.
Persian Empire.
Sparta did not rule an empire. Sparta was a Greek city-state.
The Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta, defeated the Athenian league/empire.
Each other. Athens and Sparta, with their respective Greek allies, fought each other. The Persian Empire later sided with Sparta against Athens, but mostly it was Greek against Greek.
The Peloponnesian War was between alliances of Greek city-states - Athens and its empire, and the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.
The Persian Empire versus coalitions of Greek city-states led first by Sparta, then by Athens.
Sparta and Athens
Athens and its empire versus the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.
It was between Athens and its empire and the Peloponnesian League headed by Sparta.
Sparta, Athens, Thebes.
The Peloponnesian War, 431 to 404 BC, was an ancient Greek war fought by Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.
The Peloponnesian war was an ancient Greek war fought by Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian league led by Sparta (431 - 404 BC)
It involved the Greek in a destructive struggle for ascendancy between the Athenian empire, and the Peloponnesian league led by Sparta. It led to the dissolution of the Athenian empire, massive destruction in the Greek world, and solved little, with inter-city warfare continuing on amongst realigned allies afterwards.