An earthquake in Sparta in the year 464 BCE started a series of events which ultimately led to the Peloponnesian War.

Ancient Greek military thinking and strategy presents useful lessons for modern military theorists and practitioners.

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Reaching further back, it was noted by the English historian Arnold J Toynbee that while Sparta won the Peloponnesian war, it lost the peace.

Something paradoxical happened at the height of hostilities between Athens and Sparta, which culminated in the devastating Peloponnesian War (431-404 B.C.).