Pelopennesian Wars

It was a war between Athens and the Peloponessian League. It was from 431 BCe to 404 BCE. They fought battles in the Aegean Sea, Athens, and Peloponessia. In the first war, known as the Archidamian war, sparta invaded Attica while Athens raided the coast of Pelopenessia. The second war occured because Athens invaded Syracuse in Sicily and failed miserably. This resulted in a thrid war, the Ionian War. In this war Sparta and Persia destroyed Athens, and they defeated Athens navy at Aeyospotamia and that ended the war resulting in Athens giving up. After the War Athens never regained its pre war propersirty and Sparta was the main power in greece.