The Peloponnesian War was fought between the two major city-states in ancient Greece which were Athens and Sparta. Sparta began to fear Athens's growing power. Athens controlled majority over most of the Mediterranean region along with Greece which helped to incite the war. They soon became a supreme power and drove Persians out from their regions and heavily occupied a large number of territories. It is common knowledge that the Spartans were victorious over the Athenians in the Peloponnesian war
500 and 338 B.C.E during this time they also engaged in violent conflicts. The Persian Empire was then defeated by the Greeks. The destroying of their own political system was caused by them turning against one another which then lead into the Peloponnesian War. Athens had a powerful democracy, spending their days talking about politics and culture. Sparta was completely different, they were born to fight. Anya who was an author stated that, “Athens controlled a large, mostly coastal territory with
The Peloponnesian War The Peloponnesian War became known as “the greatest war in history,” after its expansion and devastation that lasted twenty-seven years, and nearly involved the entire Mediterranean (Cole 102). Most historic information on The Peloponnesian War, or rather a series of two wars interrupted by a short time of peace, is found in the writings of Thucydides. Thucydides was an Athenian who first handedly experienced, fought in, and survived the war. His writings today are considered
Spartan and Athenian Political Structure The political systems of ancient Greece’s Spartan and Athenian societies stood opposite to each other. Where Sparta was ruled by the few in an Oligarchy, Athens developed the humanities’ first democracy. This paper compares and contrasts some of the differences between these two Greek powers during the Archaic and Classical periods (800-323 BCE). Historical Background On one side was Sparta, a warrior society that focused on land-based armies and agriculture