Sparta and its allies, with the exception of Corinth, were almost exclusively land based powers, able to summon large land armies which were very nearly unbeatable (thanks to the legendary Spartan forces). The Athenian Empire, although based in the peninsula of Attica, spread out across the islands of the Aegean Sea; Athens drew its immense wealth from tribute paid from these islands. Thus, the two ...

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In the 17th year of the war, word came to Athens that one of their distant allies in Sicily was under attack from Syracuse. The people of Syracuse were ethnically Dorian, while the Athenians, and their ally in Sicily, were Ionian. The Athenians felt obliged to assist their ally. The Athenians people did not act solely from altruism: they held visions of conquering all of Sicily. Syracuse, the principal city of Sicily, was not much smaller than Athens, and conquering all of Sicily would have brought Athens an immense amount of resource ...

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Sparta and its allies, with the exception of Corinth, were almost exclusively land based powers, able to summon large land armies which were very nearly unbeatable (thanks to the legendary Spartan forces). The Athenian Empire, although based in the peninsula of Attica, spread out across the islands of the Aegean Sea; Athens drew its immense wealth from tribute paid from these islands. Thus, the two ...

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The Delian League was an association of Greek city-states in the 5th century BC. It was led by Athens. Because many of the league's Polis' were too poor to contribute ships to the collective navy, they paid taxes to Athens so that there would be enough money to build the expensive triremes. In 478 BC, following the defeat of Xerxes' invasion of Greece, Pausanias the Spartan led Hellenic forces against the Persians. He was an unpopular commander (who may have conspired with the Persians), and Sparta was eager to stop prosecuting ...

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For the article on the Eurymedon river in Asia Minor, see Eurymedon river Eurymedon (d. 414 BC), was one of the Athenian generals during the Peloponnesian War. In 428 BC he was sent by the Athenians to intercept the Peloponnesian fleet which was on the way to attack Corcyra. On his arrival, finding that Nicostratus, with a small squadron from Naupactus, had already placed the island in security, he took the command of the combined fleet, which, owing to the absence of th ...

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Conon was an Athenian general at the end of the Peloponnesian War, in charge during the decisive loss of the navy at the battle of Aegospotami. He had been sent out following the recall of Alcibiades in 406 BC, and pursued the Peloponnesian fleet under Lysander to the Hellespont. There it took a strong defensive position at Lampsacus and the Athenians, as they could not lure them out, retreated to Aegospotami. Alcibiades came to warn them of the danger of their position, as they were at an open beach without harbors, and advised them to move ...

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Aristophanes' Assemblywomen (or in Greek Ecclesiazousae ) is a play similar in theme to Lysistrata in that a large portion of the comedy comes from women involving themselves in politics. This play is much more infused with gender issues than Lysistrata is. This play also shows a change in the style of Classical Greek comedy after the short period of oligarchy after the Peloponnesian War, or at least an attempt at it. It seems to be a merging of the two styles that ...

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Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC - 430s BC - 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC Years: 436 BC 435 BC 434 BC 433 BC 432 BC - 431 BC - 430 BC 429 BC 428 BC 427 BC 426 BC 431 BC - Events. Beginning of the Peloponnesian War between the Athenian Empire and the Peloponnesian League (which included Sparta) The Greek physician and philosopher Empedocles articulates the notion that the ...

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Xenophon (In Greek Ξενοφών, c. 427-355 BC) was a soldier, mercenary and Athenian student of Socrates and is known for his writings on the history of his own times, the sayings of Socrates, and the life of Greece. While a young man, Xenophon participated in the expedition led by Cyrus the Younger against his older brother, the emperor Artaxerxes II of Persia, in 401 BC. In this effort, Cyrus used many Greek mercenaries left unemployed by the cessation of the Peloponnesian War. Cyrus fought Artaxerxes at Cunaxa: the Greeks ...

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The Battle of Potidaea was, with the Battle of Sybota, one of the catalysts for the Peloponnesian War. It was fought near Potidaea in 432 BC between Athens and a combined army from Corinth and Potidaea, along with their various allies. Potidaea was a colony of Corinth on the Chalcidice peninsula, but was a member of the Delian League and paid tribute to Athens. After Sybota, Athens demanded that Potidaea pull down part of its walls, expel Corinthian ambassadors, and send hostages to Athens. Athens was afraid that Potidaea would revolt due to Corinthian or Macedonian influence, as Perdiccas II of Macedon was ...

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Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC - 420s BC - 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC Years: 426 BC 425 BC 424 BC 423 BC 422 BC - 421 BC - 420 BC 419 BC 418 BC 417 BC 416 BC 421 BC - Events. Peace of Nicias - temporary cessation of hostilities in the Peloponnesian War 421 BC - Births. Including:

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Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC - 400s BC - 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC 409 BC 408 BC 407 BC 406 BC 405 BC 404 BC 403 BC 402 BC 401 BC 400 BC 400s BC - Events and trends. 404 BC - The Peloponnesian War ends with the defeat of Athens by Sparta Categories: Incomplete lists | 400s BC ...

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The Battle of Amphipolis was fought in 422 BC during the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta. It was the culmination of events that began in 424 BC with the capture of Amphipolis by the Spartans. Battle of Amphipolis - Capture of Amphipolis 424/3 BC. In the winter of 424/3, around the same time as the Battle of Delium, the Spartan general Brasidas besieged Amphipolis, an Athenian colony in Thrace on the Strymon river.1 The city was defended by the Athenian general Eucles, w ...

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Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC - 400s BC - 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC Years: 411 BC 410 BC 409 BC 408 BC 407 BC - 406 BC - 405 BC 404 BC 403 BC 402 BC 401 BC 406 BC - Events. Battle of Ephesus - The Spartans under Lysander defeat part of the Athenian fleet. Battle of Arginusae - Athens defeats the Spartan fleet in their last victory of the Peloponnesian War Agrigentum is taken by the Carthaginians. The Roman Republic be ...

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Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC - 400s BC - 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC Years: 409 BC 408 BC 407 BC 406 BC 405 BC - 404 BC - 403 BC 402 BC 401 BC 400 BC 399 BC 404 BC - Events. Athens capitulates to Sparta. This marks the end of the Peloponnesian War. Amyrtaeus declares himself king of Egypt, revolting against his Persian overlords. This is considered the end of the Twenty-seventh Dynasty and the start of Twenty-eighth Dynasty. Artaxerxes II succeeds his ...

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Ancient Greece is the term used to describe the Greek-speaking world in ancient times. It refers not only to the geographical peninsula of modern Greece, but also to areas of Hellenic culture that were settled in ancient times by Greeks: Cyprus, the Aegean coast of Turkey (then known as Ionia), Sicily and southern Italy (known as Magna Graecia), and the scattered Greek settlements on the coasts of what are now Albania, Bulgaria, Egypt, Libya, southern France, sout ...

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Bakis was a semi-legendary ancient Greek seer of the 6th or 7th century BC, a native of Boeotia. Bakis was said to have been possessed by nymphs, who gave him the power of prophecy. Apocryphal oracular pronouncements in dactylic hexameter circulated under his name during times of stress, such as the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars. According to Erwin Rohde, 'Bakis' was a title originally applied to any one of a class of ecstatic seers, but later came to be thought of as the proper name of an individual.

Thucydides' History is extraordinarily dense and complex. This has resulted in much scholarly disagreement on a cluster of issues of interpretation. History of the Peloponnesian War - Strata of Composition. The History of the Peloponnesian War is unfinished, ending in mid-sentence. It is virtually certain that Thucydides died while still working on the History. However there is greater deal of uncertainty whether Thucydides intended to revise the sections he had already written. Since there appear t ...

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Thucydides' History made a number of contributions to early historiography. Many of his principles have become standard methods of history writing today, though others have not. History of the Peloponnesian War - Chronology. One of Thucydides' major innovations was to employ a strict standard of chronology, recording events by year, each year consisting of the summer campaigning season and a less active winter season. As a result, events that span several years are divided up and described in parts ...

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