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Section 4
Decline of
the CityStates
After Peloponnesian
War
• Greek city-states lost
sense of community
• Loss of money
Results of cost of
War
• Interested in making
money and having fun
• Bitterness developed
between upper and
lower classes
Problems with Spartan
Rule
• Harsh rulers
• Bitterness arose
between Sparta and
other city-states
Revolt Against
Sparta
• 371 B.C.
• Group of city-states
led by Thebes
overthrew Spartan
rule
Thebian Rule
• 371 B.C.
• Took control from Sparta
• Set up new Democracy
• Bitterness soon developed
• 362 B.C. – lost power to…..
Athens Rises to Power
(again)
• 378 B.C. – formed Second
Athenian Confederation – to
resist Spartan growth
• Athens and allies posed a minor
threat to Thebian Rule
• After Thebes lost power and
after Persia was no longer a
threat, Athens gave up on
Confederation
Fall of Greece
• City-states were not
unified
• Led to invasion by
Philip of
Macedonia