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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.

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Why did Sparta form the Peloponnesian League?

The Peloponnesian League was created by Sparta and its allies to dominate trade and government in the Greek city-states.


Who formed the league of corinth to unite 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.


What are the origins of the Peloponnesian Wars?

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.


What are affects of the Persian wars?

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.


What were the two leagues that were formed after the Persian wars?

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.


What Spartan league was formed to stop the advancements of Athenians democracy?

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.


What were the after effects of the Persian war against the Greek?

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.


How did Athens involvement in the delian league lead to the start of the peloponnesian war?

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.


What is the war between the Delian League and the Peloponnesian League called?

The Peloponnesian war


What was a Peloponnesian league?

The Peloponnesian League is modern terminology for Sparta and its allies, which is what they called it.


Who was the peloponnesian war between and what was the result?

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


What important consequences did the Persian wars have?

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.