Summary
Thucydides: Peloponnesian War
The Peloponnesian War broke out between Athens and Sparta in the thirties of the 5th century BC, covering most of the Hellenic states, which were thus divided into two rival blocs: on one side stood the Athenian naval alliance with about 300 smaller and larger polises from the Aegean basin, from Halkidiki, the coast of Raka and the Pontus and Propont areas, and on the other side Sparta, the largest land power, united with its allies from central Greece and the Peloponnese, headed by the so-called of the Peloponnesian League, after which the war got its name.
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