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Peloponnesian War
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The Peloponnesian War (431 – 404 BC) was a conflict in Ancient Greece fought between the Athenian-led Delian League and the Spartan-led Peloponnesian League.[1] The fighting took place largely in the eastern Mediterranean, with battles ranging as far west as Sicily and as far northeast as the Hellespont.
According to the Greek historian Thucydides, the main primary source on the war, the underlying cause of the conflict was Sparta's unwillingness to accept rising Athenian power which would have challenged Spartan pre-eminence.
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There were two main phrases of the war, split by the Peace of Nicias. The first phase, from 431 to 421 BC, is known as the Archidamnian war. The second phase is known as the Ionian or Decelean War, which was fought starting from the ill-fated Athenian expedition to Sicily in 415 until Athen's surrender in 404 BC.[1]