Athens and Sparta did not fight over colonies. They did not have colonies to fight over. The Greek world comprised several hundred independent city-states.
Athens and Sparta did not fight each other in isolation. They fought as allies and as adversaries in various conflicts over a couple of hundred years. So Athens did not defeat Sparta or Sparta defeat Athens. They were involved in wider conflicts in the battles.
Sparta
Athens is in Greece and Sparta is in the Czech Republic.
athens is a democrocy and sparta was an oligarcy and women had more rghits in sparta and athens dident for women
Athens was enemies with Sparta and Sparta was enemies with Athens
What happened was that Sparta ruled over Athens by 50 years juntil they got independenced...
877 B.C.
Sparta prevailed over Athens .
Athens was overconfident and aggressive. Sparta and its allies drew a line over a dispute over Megara, and tried to get Athens to soften its position. Athens refused and war ensued.
Sparta used a phalanx and Athens transported lots of troops over sea to Peloponnesus
Athens and Sparta did not fight over colonies. They did not have colonies to fight over. The Greek world comprised several hundred independent city-states.
Yes, because Sparta and Athens were once allies but then Athens turned on Sparta and Sparta responded with war.
Athens and Sparta did not fight each other in isolation. They fought as allies and as adversaries in various conflicts over a couple of hundred years. So Athens did not defeat Sparta or Sparta defeat Athens. They were involved in wider conflicts in the battles.
Athena
Sparta prevailed over Athens .
Athens was a democracy, Sparta was an oligarchy.