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ARTICLES RELATED TO Peloponnesian War - After the war | | | |  Peloponnesian War - After the war: Encyclopedia II - Peloponnesian War - The Archidamian WarSparta 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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| | | | Peloponnesian War - After the war: Encyclopedia II - Peloponnesian War - The Second War The Lacedaemonians were not content with simply sending aid to Sicily; they also resolved to take the war to the Athenians. On the advice of Alcibiades, they fortified Decelea, near Athens, and prevented the Athenians from making use of their land year round. The fortification of Decelea also prevented the shipment of supplies overland to Athens, and forced all supplies to be brought in by sea at increased expense.
The Corinthians, the Spartans, and others in the Peloponnesian League sent more reinforcements to Syracuse, in the hopes ...
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| | | | Peloponnesian War - After the war: Encyclopedia II - Peloponnesian War - The Sicilian Expedition 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 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 resources. In t ...
See also:Peloponnesian War, Peloponnesian War - Causes of the war, Peloponnesian War - The Archidamian War, Peloponnesian War - The Peace of Nicias, Peloponnesian War - The Sicilian Expedition, Peloponnesian War - The Second War, Peloponnesian War - Athens recovers, Peloponnesian War - Lysander triumphs, Peloponnesian War - After the war Read more here: » Peloponnesian War: Encyclopedia II - Peloponnesian War - The Sicilian Expedition |
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| | | | Peloponnesian War - After the war: Encyclopedia II - Peloponnesian War - The Peace of Nicias The Peace of Nicias lasted for some six years, but was a time of constant skirmishing in and around the Peloponnese. While the Spartans refrained from action themselves, some of their allies began to talk of revolt. They were supported in this by Argos, a powerful state within the Peloponnese that had remained independent of Lacedaemon. With the support of the Athenians, the Argives succeeded in forging a coalition of democratic states within the Peloponnese, including the powerful states of Mantinea and Elis. Early Spartan attempts to break ...
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| | | | Peloponnesian War - After the war: Encyclopedia II - Peloponnesian War - Causes of the war According to Thucydides, the cause of the war was the "fear of the growth of the power of Athens" throughout the middle of the 5th century BC. After a coalition of Greek states thwarted an attempted invasion of the Greek mainland by the Persian empire, several of those states formed the Delian league in 478 BC in order to create and fund a standing navy which could be used against the Persians in areas under their control. Athens, the largest member of the league and the major Greek naval power, took the leadership of the league and appointe ...
See also:Peloponnesian War, Peloponnesian War - Causes of the war, Peloponnesian War - The Archidamian War, Peloponnesian War - The Peace of Nicias, Peloponnesian War - The Sicilian Expedition, Peloponnesian War - The Second War, Peloponnesian War - Athens recovers, Peloponnesian War - Lysander triumphs, Peloponnesian War - After the war Read more here: » Peloponnesian War: Encyclopedia II - Peloponnesian War - Causes of the war |
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