The Peloponnesian War
The Peloponnesian War
The Peloponnesian War was caused in part by competition for control of the Greek world: Athens and the Delian League which was Athens and allied city-states versus Sparta and the Peloponnesian League which was a military alliance between Sparta and other Greek city-states. Soon, the Golden Age of Greece was short lived. Athens and Sparta were both powerful polis, and each wanted to spread their way of life. Due to a rivalry between Athens and Greece, Sparta attacked Athens in 431BC, beginning the brutal 27-year-long Peloponnesian War. Sparta eventually defeated Athens by building blockade around the walls of the city. This is called a siege. The people of Athens could not leave to get supplies or food from the countryside. Faced with starvation, Athens surrendered to Sparta in 404BC.
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