It continued to exist under a series of tyrants and then a democracy. The balance in power in Greece was shifted when Athens was absorbed into the Spartan Empire.
The Peloponnesian War marked the end of the Golden Age of Greece, a change in styles of warfare and the fall of Athens, once the strongest city-state in Greece. Lysander decimated the Athenian fleet in battle and then held Athens under siege, forcing it to surrender to Sparta in 404 B.C. Under the Spartan general Lysander, the war raged for another decade. Who Won the Peloponnesian War?Īthens did not crumble as expected, winning a string of naval victories against Sparta, which sought monetary and weapons support from the Persian Empire. Sparta sided with Syracuse and defeated the Athenians in a major sea battle. when Athens received a call to help allies in Sicily against invaders from Syracuse, where an Athenian official defected to Sparta, convincing them that Athens was planning to conquer Italy. Meant to last 50 years, it barely survived eight, undermined by conflict and rebellion brought on by various allies.
In 423 B.C., both sides signed a treaty known as the Peace of Nicias, named for the Athenian general who engineered it.
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