Sparta dropped out of fighting and Athens created alliances with other city states. The other city states that formed the alliances agreed to contributing money for the construction of triremes. The Persians accepted their defeat in 445 BC because of a Greek city-state--Anatolia being freed, also around the time the city-states paying trubute to Athens got a little annoyed being ruled by and oligarchy. They appealed to the Spartans to put a check on Athens, they finally agreed. This therefore led to war. This war was from 431-404 BC, and Pericles led Athens. Athens and nearby city-state Piraeus formed a single stronghold. Athens tried to block off any supplies from the sea but that would eventually fall. Spartans won! WHOO! The Athenians baisically gave in to the Spartans and were ruled by their oligarchy. But they could not prevent Athens from going back to their democracy and independence. Greek civilization flourished, Plato and Aristotle followed after the Peloponnesian War. Power was rising in the noth of Grece,called Macedonia, this would soon stop the alliances of city-states. Athens should not have gone up against Sparta because they were not as strong as they were previously, they needed to regain their strength, rather than rushing into it. Also they should have thought through their plans.
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