HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Athens defeated Sparta and ruled all of the Greek city-states.
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Sparta defeated Athens and ruled all of the Greek city-states.
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The weakened Greek city-states were conquered by Rome.
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The weakened Greek city-states were conquered by Macedonia.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Peloponnesian War marked the end of the Golden Age of Greece, a change in styles of warfare and the fall of Athens, once the strongest city-state in Greece. The balance in power in Greece was shifted when Athens was absorbed into the Spartan Empire.
Detailed explanation-2: -All Greek city-states were weakened by the war. Many casualties. Farms were destroyed. The war made it difficult for the Greeks to trust each other and made future unification nearly impossible.
Detailed explanation-3: -Athens brought under its control all of Greece except for Sparta and its allies, ushering in a period now called the Athenian Empire.
Detailed explanation-4: -Phillip lived in Greece when he was younger. He admired the Greeks. When he came to power in Macedonia, he created a strong army. He invaded after the Peloponnesian War, when the city states were weak and conquered them all.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Peloponnesian War ended in victory for Sparta and its allies, and led directly to the rising naval power of Sparta. However, it marked the demise of Athenian naval and political hegemony throughout the Mediterranean.