GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -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. It is known mainly for being one of the two rivals in the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC), against the Delian League, which was dominated by Athens.

Detailed explanation-2: -The result by 415 was a grand alliance of Thebes, Syracuse, Persia, Sparta, and the Peloponnesian League that coordinated strategy and resources in a way unthinkable at the war’s outset sixteen years earlier.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Delian League, founded in 478 BC, was an association of Greek city-states, numbering between 150 and 330, under the leadership of Athens, whose purpose was to continue fighting the Persian Empire after the Greek victory in the Battle of Plataea at the end of the Second Persian invasion of Greece.

Detailed explanation-4: -Peloponnesian League, also called Spartan Alliance, military coalition of Greek city-states led by Sparta, formed in the 6th century bc.