The second phase of the Peloponnesian War …
Years: 417BCE - 406BCE
The second phase of the Peloponnesian War begins in 414 BCE, when Sparta repulses a massive Athenian invasion of Sicily; Persia gives support to the Spartan cause.
By 411, the Athenian's Syracusan debacle and the subsequent renewal of war with Sparta as occasioned revolts in the Athenian empire and serious political turmoil at home.
Aided by Persian resources, Sparta becomes a naval power, and foments the rebellion of Athens's allies.
The Spartans move north from Chios to the Hellespont, gradually overcoming the Athenian navy despite effective countermeasures taken by Alcibiades and others. (This stage of the Peloponnesian war is called "Decelean" from the name of a town in Attica, Decelea, which Sparta fortifies—to the enormous cost of the Athenians.)
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- Greece, classical
- Sicily, classical
- Chios, City-State of
- Sparta, Kingdom of
- Magna Graecia
- Syracuse, Corinthian city-state of
- Achaemenid, or First Persian, Empire
- Athenian Empire (Delian League)
Topics
- Iron Age Europe
- Iron Age Cold Epoch
- Sicilian Wars, or Carthaginian-Syracusan Wars
- Peloponnesian War, Second or Great
- Sicilian Expedition
- Decelean War, or Ionian War
- Sicilian War, Second, or Second Carthaginian-Syracusan War
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Years: 417BCE - 406BCE
People
Groups
- Greece, classical
- Sicily, classical
- Chios, City-State of
- Sparta, Kingdom of
- Magna Graecia
- Syracuse, Corinthian city-state of
- Achaemenid, or First Persian, Empire
- Athenian Empire (Delian League)
Topics
- Iron Age Europe
- Iron Age Cold Epoch
- Sicilian Wars, or Carthaginian-Syracusan Wars
- Peloponnesian War, Second or Great
- Sicilian Expedition
- Decelean War, or Ionian War
- Sicilian War, Second, or Second Carthaginian-Syracusan War
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Subjects
Regions
Subregions