historical overview of peloponnenian war

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In 446BC, Athens and Sparta signed a "Thirty-Years Peace" in which both agreed to negotiate disputes and not to interfere in the affairs of each other's allies. But incessant disputes between Spartan's allies and Athens inevitably led to a Second Peloponnesian War...
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But incessant disputes between Spartan's allies and Athens inevitably led to a Second Peloponnesian War. In 431 BC, Sparta acceded to her allies' (mainly Corinth and Megara) demands and voted for war on Athens, precipitating the start of the Peloponnesian War...
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