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Conflict Europe

Peloponnesian War

431 BCE – 404 BCE · 27 years

The devastating 27-year struggle between Athens and Sparta that tore the Greek world apart and ended Athenian dominance.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Delian League (Athens)
  • Peloponnesian League (Sparta)

Key moments

Defining events in the Peloponnesian War.

  1. 415–413 BC Syracuse
  2. 405 BC Aegospotami

Elsewhere in Europe at the time

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Landmark · Europe

Plitvice Lakes

3000 BCE – still standing

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Greek city-states

Attested 1500 BCE – 300 BCE

Trade route · Europe

Amber Road

1000 BCE – 400 CE

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Roman–Etruscan Wars

509 BCE – 264 BCE

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Giant's Causeway

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Celts

Founded 1200 BCE · attested to 100 BCE

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Sicilian Wars

480 BCE – 307 BCE

Landmark · Europe

Danube Delta

3000 BCE – still standing

And in the rest of the world

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Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Meroe Polity · Middle East 500 BCE – 400 CE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Pericles Figure · Athens 495 BCE – 429 BCE Warring States Period Conflict · East Asia 475 BCE – 221 BCE Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing
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