Ancient Greece: The Peloponnesian War

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In ancient greece it seemed like there was just constant fighting for the land called greece.Sometimes it was peaceful.Sometimes it wasn’t.But the peloponnesian war was one of the most brutal wars in ancient greece at the time.The war was between athens and sparta.Sparta was one of the biggest city states in greece and athens athens was also one of the biggest city states in greece.But it was at one time that they started to fight each other for land.And what they had as a total.

I believe that at this time sparta would have been a better place to live in.I believe this because they had the best and most dedicated land army in greece.They also had there kids go to military training when they were the age seven.They were also an oligarchy

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