The Peloponnesian War
The article starts off by splitting the war into 3 phases. The Archidamian War included Spartas invasions of Attica & Athens naval supremacy are covered concluding in 421 BC. The second phase (just called the Second War) covering the renewed fighting in Peloponnese and a attack on Sicily and the destruction of the entire Athenian army in 413 BC. The final phase is Decelean or Ionian War in which Sparta and Persia join forces with rebellions in Athens' subject states, this completely undermines the Athenian empire. This effectively ends the war with the Athenian defeat and destruction at Aegospotami. Athens surrenders the following year and re-shaped the Ancient Greek world. The rest just goes into details and expands on each area.
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Further Reading: 5 classic and 13 modern
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