Peloponnesian War

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ancient Greek war war

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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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Athenian–Corinthian conflict 1
Decelean War 1
Ionian War 1

Statements (49)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (65)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thebes → participatedIn → Peloponnesian War ⓘ
Battle of Sybota → preceded → Peloponnesian War ⓘ
Corinthian War → precededBy → Peloponnesian War ⓘ
Thirty Years' Peace → reasonForEnd → Peloponnesian War ⓘ
this entity surface form: outbreak of the Peloponnesian War
Delian League → relatedConflict → Peloponnesian War ⓘ
Thirty Years' Peace → relatedEvent → Peloponnesian War ⓘ
Battle of Potidaea → relatedTo → Peloponnesian War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Athenian–Corinthian conflict
Alcibiades → servedIn → Peloponnesian War ⓘ
Athenian navy → significantEvent → Peloponnesian War ⓘ
Thucydides → timePeriodWrittenAbout → Peloponnesian War ⓘ
Sicilian Expedition → turningPointIn → Peloponnesian War ⓘ
Sparta → victoryIn → Peloponnesian War ⓘ
Peloponnese → wasTheaterOf → Peloponnesian War ⓘ
Delian League → weakenedBy → Peloponnesian War ⓘ
Aristophanes → workSubject → Peloponnesian War ⓘ