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Peloponnesian War Category Facts Dates: 431 – 404 B.C. (27 years) Who fought: Sparta (Peloponnesian League) vs. Athens (Delian League) Key Spartan Allies: Key Athenian Allies: Causes (reasons): Corinth, Thebes, Plataea, and eventually the Persians Corcyra (Corfu), Marathon, Piraeus, Ionian States 1) Athens becomes rich and powerful because of Delian League 2) Sparta becomes angry and jealous 3) Spartans don’t trust democrats 4) Athens builds “long walls”, Sparta sees as a sign of war 5) Corinth/Corfu conflict: Sparta backs Corinth, Athens backs Corfu Key facts of the war: 1) Sparta had better land force, Athens had better navy 2) Athens brings people together into the city and plague breaks out (430 B.C.) - last four years, 1/4 of Athenian populations dies 3) Athens suffers huge loss at Syracuse (many Athenians die and into slavery; 413 B.C.) 4) Delian League states flee and join Sparta 5) Persians give Sparta money to stop supporting Ionian states (hope Greek states kill each other) 6) Sparta builds up a big navy 7) Sparta able to defeat and capture the Athenian fleet at Aegospotami 8) Sparta then shuts off all Athenian supplies Results of the war: 1) Democracy declines, many people in Athens not interested in public affairs 2) Others in Athens are suspicious of anti-democratic people 3) Small battles take place between city-states for many years (weaken Greece)