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Peloponnesian War
War between Athens and Sparta (– BC)
"Athenian War" redirects here. For the earlier war beginning in BC, see First Peloponnesian War.
For the book bygd the Greek historian Thucydides, see History of the Peloponnesian War.
The Second Peloponnesian War (– BC), often called simply the Peloponnesian War (Ancient Greek: Πόλεμος τῶν Πελοποννησίων, romanized:&#;Pólemos tō̃n Peloponnēsíōn), was an ancient Greek war fought between Athens and Sparta and their respective allies for the hegemony of the Greek world. The war remained undecided until the later intervention of the Persian Empire in support of Sparta. Led by Lysander, the Spartan fleet (built with Persian subsidies) finally defeated Athens which began a period of Spartan hegemony over Greece.
Historians have traditionally divided the war into three phases.[2][3] The first phase (– BC) was named the Ten Years War, or the Archidamian War, after the Spartan king Archidamus II, who inv
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THE HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR
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Title: The History of the Peloponnesian War
Author: Thucydides
Translator: Richard Crawley
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Archidamian War
Archidamian War: name of the first part of the Peloponnesian War (), the great conflict between Athens and Sparta. It is called after the Spartan king Archidamus II. This war started in and ended in with something that came close to an Athenian victory and a Spartan defeat. However, Athenian diplomatic mistakes, Spartan intransigence, and a catastrophic Athenian attempt to conquer the island of Sicily were enough to change the balance of power, so that Sparta got a second chance: the Decelean or Ionian War.
The Archidamian War did not start without serious disturbances in the Greek balance of power. In , Athens had concluded an alliance with Corcyra (modern Corfu; more), and had started to besiege Potidaea. This threatened to reduce Corinth, until then an important city, to a third-rank power. To Sparta, this was dangerous: it needed the Corinthian navy.
The Spartans started to fear that Athens was becoming too powerful but still tried to prevent war. Peace