What were lasting effects of the peloponnesian wars?

Answer 1

Greece was badly debilitated and the war solved nothing - the city-states continuing fighting each other in varying alliances. This allowed the rise and dominance of Macedonia, Alexanders takeover of the Persian Empire, and the division of the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East into the Hellenistic Kingdoms of his successors.

Answer 2

It lost its empire and was never more than a secaond-rate power thereafter.

Answer 3

Athens was defeated by Sparta and Sparta became the dominant force in the region resulting in Athens being governed by Sparta .

Answer 4

The long term effect after the Peloponnesian war was that it shows that war-waging countries lose prestige instead of gain it.

Answer 5

They were the combatants. Their reactions were to fight each other.

Answer 6

They both lost economic power and thousands of people. Athens eventually pleaded a truce after a plague broke out in Athens, which killed many.