Peloponnesian War

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The Peloponnesian War was a protracted 5th-century BCE conflict between Athens and Sparta (and their respective allies) that reshaped the balance of power in ancient Greece and ultimately led to the downfall of Athenian dominance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek war
war
aftermath decline of classical Greek city-state power
imposition of the Thirty Tyrants in Athens
cause conflicts over allies and influence
fear of Athenian power in Sparta
rivalry between Athens and Sparta
chronology 5th century BCE
conflictBetween Athens
Delian League
Peloponnesian League
Sparta
endDate 404 BCE
era Classical Greece
hasPart Archidamian War
Peloponnesian War self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ionian War

Sicilian Expedition
historian Thucydides
mainBelligerent Athens
Delian League
Peloponnesian League
Sparta
namedAfter Peloponnese
notableBattle Battle of Aegospotami
Battle of Amphipolis
Battle of Arginusae
Battle of Potidaea
Battle of Pylos
Battle of Pylos
surface form: Battle of Sphacteria

Battle of Sybota
Battle of Plataea
surface form: Siege of Plataea

Sicilian Expedition
surface form: Siege of Syracuse
notableCommander Alcibiades
Brasidas
Cleon
Lysander
Pericles
place Aegean Sea
Asia Minor
Sicily
Greek Antiquity
surface form: ancient Greece
primarySource History of the Peloponnesian War
result Spartan hegemony in Greece
Spartan victory
defeat of Athens
end of Athenian hegemony
startDate 431 BCE
treaty Peace of Nicias
Thirty Years' Peace

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this entity surface form: The Peloponnesian War
Pericles associatedWith Peloponnesian War
Archidamian War chronologicallyPrecedes Peloponnesian War
this entity surface form: Decelean War
Battle of Delium conflict Peloponnesian War
Demosthenes (general) conflict Peloponnesian War
Lysander conflict Peloponnesian War
Sicilian Expedition conflict Peloponnesian War
Thucydides conflict Peloponnesian War
Battle of Aegospotami conflictIn Peloponnesian War
Battle of Arginusae conflictIn Peloponnesian War
Battle of Pylos conflictIn Peloponnesian War
Battle of Potidaea conflictOf Peloponnesian War
Hellenica continuesAccountOf Peloponnesian War
Hellenica coversEvent Peloponnesian War
this entity surface form: fall of Athens
Age of Pericles followedBy Peloponnesian War
Thirty Years' Peace followedBy Peloponnesian War
Athenian army foughtIn Peloponnesian War
Athenian army foughtIn Peloponnesian War
this entity surface form: Sicilian Expedition
Classical period hasMajorEvent Peloponnesian War
Classical Greece hasNotableWar Peloponnesian War
Peloponnesian War hasPart Peloponnesian War self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ionian War
Hellenica hasSubjectHeading Peloponnesian War
this entity surface form: Peloponnesian War, 431–404 BCE
Byzantium involvedIn Peloponnesian War
Megara involvedIn Peloponnesian War
Sparta leaderInWar Peloponnesian War
Classical Athens majorConflict Peloponnesian War
Athenian cavalry notableConflict Peloponnesian War
Long Walls notableConflict Peloponnesian War
Archidamian War partOf Peloponnesian War
Battle of Amphipolis partOf Peloponnesian War
Battle of Delium partOf Peloponnesian War
Battle of Potidaea partOf Peloponnesian War
Battle of Pylos partOf Peloponnesian War
Sicilian Expedition partOf Peloponnesian War
Peace of Nicias partOfConflict Peloponnesian War
Boeotia participatedIn Peloponnesian War
Boeotians participatedIn Peloponnesian War
Brasidas participatedIn Peloponnesian War
Cleon participatedIn Peloponnesian War
Corinth participatedIn Peloponnesian War
Elis participatedIn Peloponnesian War
Locrians participatedIn Peloponnesian War
Locris participatedIn Peloponnesian War
Lysander participatedIn Peloponnesian War
Nicias participatedIn Peloponnesian War
Peloponnesian League participatedIn Peloponnesian War
Phlius participatedIn Peloponnesian War
Socrates participatedIn Peloponnesian War
Spartan army participatedIn Peloponnesian War