It was a league of independent Dorian city-states led by Sparta which banded together to protect itself, at home and in their overseas colonies. Their biggest clash was the Ionians led by Athens, and later Aeolians led by Thebes.
A struggle for dominance between the Peloponnesian League and the Athenian Empire.
The Peloponnesian War was not fighting anything.
. . . the Peloponnesian War .
The Peloponnesian War was a conflict between the two city-states of Athens and Sparta .
The Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta was a conflict lasting from 431 to 404 BC .
A struggle between the Athenian empire/league and the Spartan-led Peloponnesian League.
It was a conflict between two alliances - the Athenian empire and the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta over dominance in parts of the Greek world.
. . . the Peloponnesian War .
The Peloponnesian War was a conflict between the two city-states of Athens and Sparta .
The Peloponnesian war resulted from conflict between the democratic Athens and oligarchic Sparta. This war wrought subtler changes to the Greek society.
The Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta was a conflict lasting from 431 to 404 BC .
We call it today the Peloponnesian War. It was a 27-year war between the Athenian Empire and the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.
A struggle between the Athenian empire/league and the Spartan-led Peloponnesian League.
The Peloponnesian war
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The Peloponnesian War was a struggle between , primarily , Athens against Sparta . ~ See related link below .
The Athenians and the Spartans .
The conflict between Athens and Sparta , known as the Peloponnesian War , was won by the city-state of Sparta .
The Peloponnesian War .