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Sparta and Peloponnesian League (red) at the outset of the Peloponnesian War around 431 BC. The Peloponnesian League was an alliance of ancient Greek city-states, dominated by Sparta and centred on the Peloponnese, which lasted from c.550 to 366 BC.
Flag of the proposed state of the Republic of Pontus. The naval version of the Greek flag with a black eagle superimposed in the centre of the cross in the canton. 1914: Flag of the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus. It is used until today by many Northern Epirotes. Resembles the land flag but with a black two-headed eagle in the middle.
The major cities of Sparta, Corinth, Argos and Megalopolis were all located on the Peloponnese, and it was the homeland of the Peloponnesian League. Soldiers from the peninsula fought in the Persian Wars, and it was also the scene of the Peloponnesian War of 431–404 BC. The entire Peloponnese with the notable exception of Sparta joined ...
The Peloponnesian Wars were the protracted armed conflicts, waged on sea and land, of the last half of the 5th century BC between the Delian League controlled by Athens and the Peloponnesian League dominated by Sparta over control of the other Greek city-states. The Delian League is often called "the Athenian Empire" by scholars.
The League functioned as a dual –offensive and defensive– alliance of autonomous states, similar to its rival association, the Peloponnesian League. [4] The League's modern name derives from its official meeting place, the island of Delos , where congresses were held within the sanctuary of the Temple of Apollo ; [ 5 ] contemporary authors ...
By the early 5th century, Sparta was the unchallenged master in southern Greece, as the leading power of the newly established Peloponnesian League (which was more characteristically known to its contemporaries as "the Lacedaemonians and their allies"). [9]
The city of Athens (Ancient Greek: Ἀθῆναι, Athênai [a.tʰɛ̂ː.nai̯]; Modern Greek: Αθήναι, Athine [a.ˈθi.ne̞] or, more commonly and in singular, Αθήνα, Athina [a.'θi.na]) during the classical period of ancient Greece (480–323 BC) [1] was the major urban centre of the notable polis of the same name, located in Attica ...
Corinth was a member of the larger Spartan-led Peloponnesian League, one of the only two major post-Greco-Persian Wars alliance networks, the other being Athens's Delian League. Although Sparta was reluctant to intervene in the conflict, the Corinthians managed to secure the material support of other League members such as Megara and Thebes. [6]