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In 431 B.C. Sparta and other city-states joined forces against Athens to fight this war?
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We today call it the Peloponnesian War as it was mainly city-states from the Peloponnesian peninsula which opposed Athens and its empire.
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Peloponnesian war
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What did the Athens and Sparta have in common?
Athens and Sparta both had very efficient fighting forces and and were the two powerhouse cities in Greece.
What caused a lack of trust between Sparta and Athens?
In about 460 BCE, after the Persian invasion had been repelled by the combined Greek forces, Sparta was facing a revolt by its serf population in Messene, and making heavy weather in putting it down. Athens offered to help and sent an expeditionary force to reinforce the Spartan forces. The Athenians were very adventurous in their operations, and showed up Spartan methods, which was based on trying to force a pitched battle with an elusive opposition which declined to make itself such a target. There is also a suggestion thet the Athenians showed some sympathy for the Messenians. The upshot was that Sparta invited the Athenians to go home, and the usual cooperative spirit between the two cities soured. After peace was finally made with the Persians in 449 BCE, Athens converted the anti-Persian Delian League which it led into an empire of its own, continuing to levy the war fund from the 200 cities of that league to use for its own benefit and maintaining a strong navy to enforce the annual collection of money. With this strength, Athens aggressively interfered in the affairs of the cities to which Sparta was allied in the Peloponnesian League, particularly Corinth. The Peloponnesian League members urged Sparta to help them stand up to Athens. A cocksure Athens persisted in interfering in other cities, and this came to a head when Athens banned Megara, a Peloponnesian League member, from trade with cities in its empire, which would destroy Megara. The Peloponnesian League demanded Sparta act, Sparta demanded Athens back off, Athens refused, war ensued.
Why was so difficult for Athens and Sparta to defeat each other?
Each had allies which augmented its power. Athens had an empire of about 180 city-states spread around the eastern Aegean Sea,. It had strong walls, which extended down to the sea, which enabled it to be resupplied during a siege. It also had a superior navy, which gave it the ability to threaten and raid opposing cities of the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta, and to ensure resupply of the city by sea from its empire. The Peloponnesian League had the strongest land forces, and was able to besiege Athens. By whittling don Athens' allies, it progressively reduced Athens' power and resupply, until finally after 27 years of fighting, the Athenian fleet was destroyed (Persia gave money to pay for a Peloponnesian fleet) and Athens was starved into submission.
What were Sparta's strengths in the Peloponnesian War?
It led the Peloponnesian League of city-states from the Peloponnesian Peninsula, and this League could provide land forces far stronger then Athens could muster, particularly as Athens had to disperse its land forces to maintain control of its empire. Athens had a superior navy, but this was eventually negated when Persia provided the money for the Peloponnesian League to moun ta naval force to match the Athenian one.
What is a similarity of Athens and Spartans?
They both had laws and also were both the two main cities of Greece. Sparta began as a monarchy and Athens began as an Aristocratic city-state, but both changed their governing bodies around 700 BC. They also each had slaves, though they were attained differently. Each trained their boys for battle, though Spartans did so much earlier in life. They were also both involved in major ancient Greek battles, as often as not, with each other! They treated slaves equally, and they were both city-states. There was a boy named Alexander the Great born in 776 B.C. in Macedonia. His brother's name was Mohammed Ahmedi Nezad, and his sister was Nazia Tabassum.
What war did Sparta and other city-states joined forces against Athens to fight what war?
The Peloponnesian War.
What war did Sparta and other city-states join forces against Athens to fight in 431 BC?
The Peloponnesian War.
How was Sparta different from any other city states?
Sparta had the best military forces, enough to take out Athens.
What caused the lack of trust between Sparta and Athens?
The caused of lack of trust between Athens and Sparta were suspicion. As Athenian empire became rich and powerful, other city-states such as Sparta grew suspicious of it aim. Led by Sparta, they start join forces against Athens.
What did the Athens and Sparta have in common?
Athens and Sparta both had very efficient fighting forces and and were the two powerhouse cities in Greece.
When Xerxes invaded Greece what city states joined forces?
Sparta and Athens
Who was the strongest military out of Rome Sparta or Athens?
Sparta by far. The Sparta's military forces dominated during their glory days, and no one stood in their path.
How did the Greek world divide into Spartan and Athenian camps after defeating the Persians?
Allies Sparta and Athens had a falling out when the Spartan helots revolted and the forces Athens sent to help Sparta began to side with the revolutionaries, and Sparta sent them home. Athens turned the Delian league it had led against the Persian Empire into an empire of its own, and began to interfere in the cities of the Peloponnesian league led by Athens resulting in open war.
When Xerxes invaded Greece what two city states joined forces?
Sparta and Athens
When Xerxes invaded Greece what two city stated joined forces?
Sparta and Athens
When Xerxes invading Greece what two city states joined forces?
Sparta and Athens
When Xerxes invaded Greece what two city state joined forces?
Sparta and Athens
