Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta
431 BCE
Conflagration for supremacy over Greece ending with the collapse of Athenian hegemony in 404 BCE.
Sources and References
Thucydide, *Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnèse* & Xénophon, *Helléniques*
Semantic cluster
Ancient Greece clusterMinoans, Mycenae, city-states, Persian Wars, Pericles, Alexander.
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478 BCE
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480 BCE
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490 BCE
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