Varför hamnade Aten och Sparta i krig med varandra?

Innehållsförteckning:

1. Varför hamnade Aten och Sparta i krig med varandra?
2. How did Thebes break away from Sparta?
3. What happened to Sparta after 371 BC?
4. What happened to Sparta in the Peloponnesian War?
5. What did Epaminondas do to Sparta?

Varför hamnade Aten och Sparta i krig med varandra?

Efter segern vid Salamis övergick kriget till ett grekiskt anfall mot perserna som drog sig tillbaka. Den slutliga segern uppnåddes i slaget vid Plataiai. Både Aten och Sparta eftersträvade dock total makt över hela Grekland och hamnade snart i krig med varandra.

How did Thebes break away from Sparta?

In 378 BC, led by Epaminondas, Thebes revolted against its Spartan garrison and successfully repelled Spartan offensives. A clever tactician, Epaminondas crushed the hitherto invincible Spartan army at Leuctra in 371 BC, therefore ending Sparta's hegemony and starting Thebes' own hegemony over Greece.

What happened to Sparta after 371 BC?

The decisive Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC ended the Spartan hegemony, although the city-state maintained its political independence until the Roman conquest of Greece in 146 BC. After the division of the Roman Empire, Sparta underwent a long period of decline, especially in the Middle Ages, when many of its citizens moved to Mystras.

What happened to Sparta in the Peloponnesian War?

Between 4 BC, Sparta was the principal enemy of Athens during the Peloponnesian War, from which it emerged victorious. The defeat by Thebes in the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC ended Sparta's prominent role, though it maintained its political independence until the Roman conquest of Greece in 146 BC.

What did Epaminondas do to Sparta?

In mere months, Epaminondas had created two new enemy states that opposed Sparta, shaken the foundations of Sparta's economy, and all but devastated Sparta's prestige. This accomplished, he led his army back home, victorious.