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THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR PELOPONNESIAN LEAGUE • Sparta creates its own alliance called the Peloponnesian League • Why do you think it was given this name? • What do you notice about the location of the two leagues? CAUSE OF THE WAR • Sparta did not want Athens to become too rich or powerful • 431 BCE War starts • 404 BCE war ends WAR STRATEGY • Athens had the better navy and wanted to fight sea battles • Sparta had the better army and wanted to fight land battles • Pericles decided not to start a land battle with Sparta and instead let the Spartans come to Athens • Spartans started a siege of Athens, surrounding the city and trying to starve out the Athenians WAR STRATEGY • Athenian navy delivered supplies to the Athenian port city of Piraeus so they could survive DISEASE • A deadly disease spread through Athens in the second year of the war, killing Pericles • Athens continued to fight for another 25 years SPARTA MAKES A DEAL • 205 BCE Sparta allies with Persia to get money to build a navy • Sparta won several battles and finally Athens surrendered • Sparta broke up the Athenian Empire WAR EFFECTS • Greek city-states will never partner up again • Ends the Athenian Golden Age • Huge losses in land and people • Weakens all city-states
