Sparta and Athens fought a long war, called the Peloponnesian War, from 431 to 404BC. Only the threat of invasion by a foreign enemy made the Greeks forget their quarrels and fight on the same side.
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He jumped ship and sought the protection of Sparta, and the war began again in earnest. Meanwhile the Athenian invasion of Sicily did not proceed well. The Segestans had tricked them about the ...
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However, the Sparta also got into difficulty a week ago ... in 2009 and placed under sanction after Russia's full-scale invasion in Ukraine in 2022 because of the ship owner's role in delivering ...
to send word to other Greeks of the invasion. Setting out from Athens, Phidippides made for Sparta journeying by way of Eleusis, Megara, and Corinth. Greek couriers of his day are believed to have ...
But when their actions lead to the death of King Leonidas and his army of 300 men, the five must find a way to redeem themselves and save Sparta from invasion.