The battle Hostile_encounter was part of the wider Peloponnesian Wars .

The Peloponnesian War ( 431–404 BC ) was an ancient Greek war fought by the Delian League led by Athens against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta .

The Peloponnesian War ( 431–404 BC ) was an ancient Greek war fought by the Delian League led by Athens against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta .

The term `` Peloponnesian War '' was never used Using by Thucydides , by far its major historian : that the term is all but universally used today is a reflection of the Athens-centric sympathies of modern historians .

The Peloponnesian War reshaped Change the ancient Greek world .

Shattering religious and cultural taboos , devastating vast swathes of countryside , and destroying whole cities , the Peloponnesian War marked Recording the dramatic end to the fifth century BC and the golden age of Greece .

The Peloponnesian War was soon followed Arriving by the Corinthian War ( 394-386 BC ) , which , although it ended inconclusively , helped Athens regain a little of its former greatness .

The First Peloponnesian War ( 460–445 BC ) was fought Hostile_encounter between Sparta as the leaders of the Peloponnesian League and Sparta 's other allies , most notably Thebes , and the Delian League led by Athens with support from Argos .

The First Peloponnesian War ( 460–445 BC ) was fought Hostile_encounter between Sparta as the leaders of the Peloponnesian League and Sparta 's other allies , most notably Thebes , and the Delian League led by Athens with support from Argos .

The First Peloponnesian War began Process_start in 460 BC with the Battle of Oenoe , where Spartan forces were defeated Conquering by those of Athenian-Argive alliance .

The First Peloponnesian War ended Process_end in an arrangement between Sparta and Athens , which was ratified Ratification by the Thirty Years ' Peace ( winter of 446–445 BC ) .

Megara returned Arriving to the Peloponnesian League and Aegina became Becoming a tribute-paying but autonomous member of the Delian League .

The war Military_operation between the two leagues restarted Process_start in 431 BC , leading to Causation the Second Peloponnesian War .