2. The Peloponnesian war was fought between
Athens and Sparta,
and other Greek city states that chose sides.
3. •Historians have traditionally
divided the war into three phases
The first stage was the
Archidamian War
Then came the
Peace of Nicias
last came the
Thirty years
treaty.
4. Sparta went to war with Athens quot;because they
were afraid of the further growth of Athenian power
• Appointing great leaders
• Teaching battle to soldiers
• Building protection such
as walls and guard towers
• Navy raiding enemy
territory
•Have a safe way of getting
food from Egypt once Attica
is raided.
5. Spartan offensive strategies
Sparta had the idea, that they would be able to starve the
Athenians into surrender by destroying the crops in Attica
Then force the inferior Athenian army to fight against the
superior Spartan-Theban forces.
8. During the Archidamian War, Sparta lead
many attacks on Attica. And Athens raided
the coast of the Peloponnese
The attacks on Attica by the
Spartans didn’t do much
harm to athens because
their food supply came
mainly from Egypt.
9. Archidamian War period ended
with the Peace of Nicias.
The peace of Nicias was a treaty
that was established to end
conflict, the treaty was
undermined by renewed
fighting in peloponnesus.
10. Athenian Offensive
• Athens was afraid to
make a big offensive
move against Sparta
as this could throw
off the power of
democracy.
• Therefore the small
attacks they lead on
the city states allied
with Sparta had little
affect to them
11. The plague that almost caused the
war.
A plague swept Athens, brought
from the vital grain brought
from Egypt
Pericles the leader of Athens was
one of the victims of the plague
12. Thucydides written record about the
plague.
• “The bodies of dying men
lay one upon another, and
half-dead creatures reeled
about in the streets. The
catastrophe became so
overwhelming that men
cared nothing for any rule
of religion or law.”
13. The Finale to a long war.
• Sparta eventually
built a navy to defeat
the weakened
Athenian navy.
• They captured the
entire athenian fleet
without one loss, thus
cutting off the food
supply completely,
thus ending the war.