SpartaPeloponnesian League, also called Spartan Alliance, military coalition of Greek city-states led by Sparta, formed in the 6th century bc.
The major members in the Peloponnesian League were Sparta, Corinth, Kythira, Melos, Pylos, Mantinea, Elis, Epidaurus, Boeotia, Lefkada and Ambracia.
SpartaThe Peloponnesian War was a war fought in ancient Greece between Athens and Sparta—the two most powerful city-states in ancient Greece at the time (431 to 405 B.C.E.). This war shifted power from Athens to Sparta, making Sparta the most powerful city-state in the region.
Athens because they had the most powerful navy and get food and supplies from allies by boat. They controlled the seas and could also attack and raid Spartas allies on the coast. Name the three bodies of water that form the backdrop for the Spartan and Athenian war campaigns.
The Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC) was an ancient Greek war fought between the Delian League, which was led by Athens, and the Peloponnesian League, which was led by Sparta.
The League was founded so that Sparta might protect itself against both a possible uprising of Sparta's helots and regional rival Argos. Thucydides in his History of the Peloponnesian War describes the workings of the League. Members sent delegates to meetings where each city held one vote.
Who Won the Peloponnesian War? Athens did not crumble as expected, winning a string of naval victories against Sparta, which sought monetary and weapons support from the Persian Empire. Under the Spartan general Lysander, the war raged for another decade.
AthensThe League was led by the city-state Athens. Those city-states who did not want to continue fighting Persia formed the Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta. Under the Athenian leader Pericles, Athens began taking control of the Delian League.
Why did the 1st Peloponnesian War start? Spartan jealousy and desire for more for itself, Spartan unhappiness at no longer having all the military glory, Athenian bullying of its allies and neutral cities, and conflict between competing political ideologies.
Peloponnese. the large land-mass which forms the southern part of mainland Greece.
Terms in this set (35) the period between 461 B.C. and 429 B.C. when Pericles dominated Athenians politics and Athens reached the height of its power.