Peloponnesian League

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The Peloponnesian League was a military and political alliance of Greek city-states led by Sparta that rivaled Athenian power in classical Greece.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spartan alliance system
ancient Greek military alliance
political alliance
decisionMaking Sparta held veto power
declinePeriod 4th century BCE
dissolvedAfter Battle of Leuctra
rise of Theban power
dominantMember Sparta
formedFor maintenance of Spartan hegemony
mutual defense
offensive warfare
governanceStructure federal council of allies
hasMember Achaea
Aegina NERFINISHED
Arcadia
Boeotia
Corinth
Elis
Epidaurus
Laconia
Mantinea
Megara
Orchomenus (Arcadia)
Pellene
Phlius
Sicyon
Spartan perioikoi cities
Tegea
Thebes
Troezen
languageUsed Ancient Greek
leader Sparta
locatedIn Peloponnese
ancient Greece
militaryObligation Sparta provided leadership
allies contributed troops
namedAfter Peloponnese
opponentInWar Athens
Delian League
opposedIdeology Athenian democracy
participatedIn Peloponnesian War
politicalSystem oligarchic orientation
rival Delian League
surface form: Athenian Empire

Delian League
significantEvent Spartan victory in Peloponnesian War
startTime 6th century BCE
timePeriod Archaic Greece
Classical Greece
treatyType bilateral treaties with Sparta

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Sparta alliance Peloponnesian League
Spartan army alliedWith Peloponnesian League
Battle of Aegospotami belligerent Peloponnesian League
Peace of Nicias belligerentParty Peloponnesian League
Archidamian War conflictBetween Peloponnesian League
Peloponnesian War conflictBetween Peloponnesian League
Classical Greece hasAlliance Peloponnesian League
Age of Pericles hasConflictWith Peloponnesian League
Thirty Years' Peace hasParties Peloponnesian League
Peloponnesian War mainBelligerent Peloponnesian League
Corinth memberOf Peloponnesian League
Elis memberOf Peloponnesian League
Megara memberOf Peloponnesian League
Athenian navy opponent Peloponnesian League
Delian League opposedBy Peloponnesian League
Athenian army opposedTo Peloponnesian League
Sicyon participatedIn Peloponnesian League
Brasidas sideInConflict Peloponnesian League