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Peloponnesian War: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date 431 BCE - 404
Location Greece ā€¢ Peloponnese
Participants Athens ā€¢ Delian League ā€¢ Peloponnesian League ā€¢ Plataea ā€¢ Sparta ā€¢ Thebes ā€¢ Corinth

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Timeline

Pylos
Battle of Pylos
July 425 BCE
Naval engagement during the Siege of Syracuse
Siege of Syracuse
September 413 BCE
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Battle of Aegospotami
405 BCE

Key People

Pericles
Pericles
Athenian statesman
Alcibiades and Timon
Alcibiades
Athenian politician and general
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Theramenes
Greek politician and general
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Darius II Ochus
king of Persia
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Demosthenes
Greek general
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Nicias
Greek general
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Tissaphernes
Persian satrap
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Brasidas
Spartan military officer
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Hermocrates
Syracusan diplomat
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Agis II
king of Sparta
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Laches
Greek general
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Archidamus II
king of Sparta
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Cleon
Athenian politician
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Phormion
Greek admiral
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Gylippus
Spartan general
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Cleophon
Greek statesman

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