Peloponnesian War

Causes

Greek city states worried that Athens is too powerful especially Sparta

Athens and Sparta believed war was inevitable

They allowed conflicts to escalate with their colonies

Causes Cont.

Sparta and its allies creates the Peloponnesian League

Fights a land campaign

Athens and its allies creates the Delian League

Fights a naval campaign and a blockade

Early Battles

Sparta sieged Athens

Athens becomes overcrowded and disease breakout and kills 1/3 of pop.

Stalemate

Athens invades Sparta’s ally Syracuse (Sicily)

The expedition ended in failure

Athenian army completely destroyed

Athens surrenders

Athens managed to hold on a few years but eventually surrendered to Sparta

Spartan Demands

Athens Tear down city walls Disband navy Disband Dalian League

Sparta wins and becomes the greatest city-state in Greece

Fall of Sparta

Sparta becomes a bully

Eventually all the other Greek city-states lead by Thebes create an alliance

The alliance defeats Sparta

New Invaders

The end of the war leaves Greece politically and military divided

Greece is completely weak and open to invasion

Invaded by the Macedonians and Philip II