The Peloponnesian Wars

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This paper discusses the ignorance people have had with regards to remembering the Peloponnesian Wars as a major historical event which took place between 431 and 404 b.c. and was fought between the two leading city-states in ancient Greece, Athens and Sparta. This paper retells the story and accounts of the war.

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"In order to understand the outcome of the war it is important to understand the nature of the alliances headed by these two city-states. The Athenian alliance might be better described as an empire, for it included most of the island along with the coastal states around the northern and eastern shores of the Aegean Sea. Sparta was no weak opponent, however, for it was the leader of an alliance of independent states that included most of the major land powers Central Greece along with the Peloponnese, joined with the might of the great sea power Corinth."

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