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Peloponnesian War
–noun
a war between Athens and Sparta, 431–404 b.c., that resulted in the transfer of hegemony in Greece from Athens to Sparta.
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peloponnesian war

noun
a war in which Athens and its allies were defeated by the league centered on Sparta; 431-404 BC 

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Peloponnesian War [(pel-uh-puh-nee-zhuhn, pel-uh-puh-nee-shuhn)]

A long war between the Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta in the fifth century b.c. Sparta won the war.

Note: The historian Thucydides fought in the Peloponnesian War and later wrote a remarkable history about it.

[Chapter:] World History to 1550


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