The First Peloponnesian War was fought between Sparta as the leaders of the Peloponnesian League and Sparta's other allies, most notably Thebes, and the Delian League led by Athens with support from A
The Athenian long walls which connected Athens to Piraeus.
A Greek trireme, the main type of ships used by the Greek states.
The Wars of the Delian League were a series of campaigns fought between the Delian League of Athens and her allies, and the Achaemenid Empire of Persia. These conflicts represent a continuation of the
Thucydides, whose history provides many of the details of this period
Pericles, the Athenian politician who led Athens through much of her "Golden Age"
The ancient Persian fort at Eion (left) and the mouth of the Strymon River (right), seen from Ennea Hodoi (Amphipolis).
Reconstructed model of a trireme, the type of ship in use by both the Greek and Persian forces