CLA2102 Final: Short Answer
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Peloponnesian wars: the archidamean war (431-421 bce): first peloponnesian war public enemy #1 for athens; Spartan king archidamnus ii; athenians pericles; first 10 years of the war: after concluding their alliance with corcyra, and starting to besiege potidaea; corinth was threatened to be reduced to a third-rank power. This was dangerous to sparta as they needed the corinthian navy. Spartans feared athenians were getting too powerful, peace was possible (if athens revoked their economical decree against megara, spartan ally). Athenians refused b/c they agreed their conflicts would be solved by arbitration. War broke out b/w athens and its delian league and sparta and its peloponnesian. League: sparta claimed their war was to liberate greeks from athenian oppression. Athenians turned delian league into an athenian empire from its once defense against the persians. War broke when the thebans attempted to catch plataea @ night: athenian tactics: get ready for siege, everyone moves behind athenian walls. (pericles" defenses: the long walls).