Peloponnesian War

noun

1. a war between Athens and Sparta, 431–404 b.c., that resulted in the transfer of hegemony in Greece from Athens to Sparta.

Peloponnesian War

noun

1. a war fought for supremacy in Greece from 431 to 404 bc , in which Athens and her allies were defeated by the league centred on Sparta

Peloponnesian War

1. A long war between the Greek city-states of Athens (see also Athens ) and Sparta in the fifth century b.c. Sparta won the war.

Notes

The historian Thucydides fought in the Peloponnesian War and later wrote a remarkable history about it.

Example Sentences

Moreover, even during the Peloponnesian War, there was no persecution of aliens and no expulsion of aliens from Athens.

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In the interval between the close of the Peloponnesian War and the battle of Chronea few additions were made to the city.

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When Pericles died, the Peloponnesian War had already been carried on for more than three years, but was not nearly at an end.

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Thus ended the Peloponnesian War, which, as you have seen, began shortly before the death of Pericles.

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The Peloponnesian War may be conveniently divided into four chief periods.

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