It was formed as a league of Peloponnesian city-states led by Sparta about 505 BCE, though Sparta had earlier established alliances with several of the cities.
The Peloponnesian League was created by Sparta and its allies to dominate trade and government in the Greek city-states.
The Peloponnesian League was formed by the city-state of Sparta largely from the cities in the Peloponnesian pensula (southern Greece) excluding Argos.
The Spartan-led Peloponnesian League was formed to oppose the Athenian empire interfering in dominating and pillaging other Greek city-states. Democracy had nothing to do with the 27-year war which ensued.
The oligarchies of ancient Greece formed the Peloponnesian League for mutual protection. This alliance was led by Sparta and included various city-states primarily situated in the Peloponnesian peninsula. The league was established to counterbalance the power of the Delian League, which was dominated by Athens. Ultimately, the Peloponnesian League played a significant role in the Peloponnesian War against Athens.
The Peloponnesian war
The Peloponnesian League was created by Sparta and its allies to dominate trade and government in the Greek city-states.
The Peloponnesian League was formed by the city-state of Sparta largely from the cities in the Peloponnesian pensula (southern Greece) excluding Argos.
Athens had headed the Delian League formed to resist Persia. When Persia made peace, Athens converted the League into an empire which finced its dominance in Greece. The Peloponnesian League was formed by Peloponnesian cities to counter this, and disputes between the two powerful blocs led to the major war 431-404 BCE.
Athens emerged with an empire by keeping coontrol of the anti-Persian league and its money after peace was made. A counter to this empire was formed as the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta. The two groups ended up in a devastating 27-year Peloponnesian War.
Delian League, mostly Greek cities of Asia Minor and the Islands, converted to the Athenian empire after peace with Persia. Peloponnesian League led by Sparta, mainly Dorian Greek cities of Peloponnesian peninsula of southern Greece.
The Spartan-led Peloponnesian League was formed to oppose the Athenian empire interfering in dominating and pillaging other Greek city-states. Democracy had nothing to do with the 27-year war which ensued.
Athens deviously converted the Delian League formed to fight the Persian Empire into an empire of its own. The Athenian Empire then came into conflict with the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta, ending in the disastrous 27-year Peloponnesian War, at the end of which Athens was stripped of its empire.
It gave Athens the resources to adopt an expansionary and aggressive policy in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Peloponnesian League led by Sparta was formed to counter this, and the inevitable result was war between the two blocs - a 27 year war which devastated Greece.
The Peloponnesian war
The Peloponnesian League is modern terminology for Sparta and its allies, which is what they called it.
peloponnesian league led by Sparta fought the delian league led by Athens. the result was a peloponnesian league victory and the delian league was dismantled
They enabled Athens to establish an empire from the Delian League which it formed to oppose the Persians. This empire became involved in the Peloponnesian War after peace was made by Persia and Athens used the Delian League to promote its own interests against othe Greek cities of the Peloponnesian League. Persia helped the Peloponnesian League to defeat Athens.