In your opinion, what were the major reasons for the rivalry between Athens and Sparta that led to the Peloponnesian War?
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Samantha Ullian
5/13/2011 04:55:16 am
My opinion to the major reasons of the rivalry between Athens and Sparta that led to the Peloponnesian war was the territorial, economic and political conflict that neither side could get over witch started into a bigger fight resulting in a war!
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Griffin Hockey
5/13/2011 05:00:20 am
I believe that the reason for the rivalry between athens and sparta is just because they are 2 major city-states soo close to each other
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Jess Ullian
5/13/2011 05:15:43 am
The main cause of the Peloponnesian War was Sparta's fear of Athens' growth.
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Adam VanderZwan
5/13/2011 05:18:10 am
In my opinion, the reason for the rivalry between Athens and Sparta, which led to the Peloponnesian War, was because of jealousy. Each city-state had what the other really wanted. Athens had a very powerful navy and enough wealth in its coffers, and Sparta had a great land-army of professionals. Also, because it state lived so close to the other, it was easy for them to communicate and learn about what each other had. The close range between the two made each envious and competitive; they each wanted to be the better state. Finally, because of the closeness, it was easy for each state to attack the other.
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Kiera Stel
5/13/2011 05:18:32 am
In my opinion, the main reason for the rivalry between Athens and Sparta are that both cities were very powerful, in different ways, in ancient Greece. Both cities had come out as important leaders and co-victors after the Persian War. The Athenians had been the driving force behind the strategy of battling the Persians, and the Spartans had been the most skilled of the fighting forces. I don't think that the Persian Wars could have been won by the Greeks if it was not for the two cities working together. I also think that that must have been key to the Spartan-Athenian rivalry. Who wants to share that amount of glory? When Athens tried to expand its power base in to central Greece, it threatened Sparta's power base. I think that there must have been a great deal of jealousy between the two cities as each city had something the other city wanted. (ie, Athens had a democratic system, and Sparta had a great deal of militaristic power) Then, when Athens blocked some cities from trading at Athenian controlled ports, the anger within the Delian League (who opposed this oppression) it was the perfect excuse for Sparta to come "to the rescue."
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Brittany Stamer
5/13/2011 05:33:32 am
In my opinion, the major reasons for rivalry were the fact that Athens and Sparta were both successful cities but stronger in different areas. Sparta had an enormous navy full of professional soldiers who were all conscripted, while Athens had an empire full of strong academic and business skilled Athenians. In all honesty, the whole conflict could have been avoided but in this era, you fought for power and nothing more.
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Katie Janicki
5/13/2011 05:37:53 am
I believe that one of the major reasons for the rivalry between Athens and Sparta that led to the Peloponnesian War, was because a strive for power. Both city-states thrived in certain areas of wealth and warfare, and because these two places were so close to one another,(making it easy to access the other side during wartime) their strengths could easily be seen and known about by the opposing city-state. This probably caused a concern among them, stirring up a jealous and competitive atmosphere and starting fights.
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Chelsea Zirk
5/16/2011 02:32:11 am
In my opinon, I think the main reasons for the rivalry between Athens and Sparta during the Peloponnesian war was because both cities were strong, and both cities wanted to gain power. Also, both had different ideologies when it came to economical and political plans. They both wanted something different and they used their own strengths to try to prove they had more power than the opposition.
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Lydia Tuaiti
5/16/2011 03:40:31 am
I believe that the cause of the conflict between Athens and Sparta was based solely on jealousy. While both city-states were able to sustain their communities they both wanted what the other had. Athens had a powerful navy and enough wealth to mount an attack were as Sparta had a large land army full of professional soldiers. With such great armies in such close proximity I believe the desire to prove that one was better then the other caused an environment that pushed Athens and Sparta to war.
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Karina Pelayo
5/16/2011 04:03:52 am
In my opinion, the rivalry between the Athenians and Spartans was stimulated by the desire for power, land, and jealousy. Both armies knew that the other had a certain form of technology or skill that they did not possess, and were capable of accomplishing things that the other could not. This led to a power struggle, and the desire for the Athenians and Spartans to prove that they were stronger than the other led to a drawn-out conflict based on jealousy and fear of the other being stronger.
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courtney lampreau
5/18/2011 07:03:13 am
In my opinion the Pelopenessian war involving the Spartins and the Athens was because of jealousy mainly because they both had something the other may have wanted leading to a conflict because they wanted to be the stronger person or people so they had nothing to be afraid of....
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Janelle Lindbergh
5/19/2011 05:27:20 am
In my opinion the war between the Spartans and the Athens was because of a bit of jealousy.
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Kristen
5/24/2011 03:21:25 am
In my opinion, the major reason for rivalry between Athens and Sparta was that Sparta was beginning to fear that Athens was gaining too much power and becoming too powerful.
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Katie Seaward
5/24/2011 03:32:43 am
I believe that the main reasons for the battle between Athens and Sparta were that they both yearned for what the other had and the war was started by jealousy and out of spite to see who was really better.
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Billi Castle
5/24/2011 04:40:22 am
I believe the major reason for the rivalry between Athens and Sparta that led to the Peloponnesian War, was that Athens tried to expand its empire in central Greece and that threatened Sparta's power base. Athens also began to block some cities from trading some Athenian-controlled ports, these cities resented the Athenian interference and they sought help, they asked Sparta for help. Which led to a the Peloponnesian War.
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Justin Hardy
5/24/2011 05:41:13 am
The reasons for the rivalry between Athens and Sparta that led to the Peloponnesian War were that Athens was the strongest power at sea and Sparta was the strongest power at land so the two powers struggled for dominance of ancient Greece. The other reason for the war starting was most likely because they were so close to each other yet so different in beliefs Athens believed in art and literature while the Spartans only believed in becoming strong and war worthy and only accepted individuals who were physically strong and taught them their code of war that was against surrendering and running away from a battle. This conflict built for many years leading up to the end of the Golden Age and the beginning of the War where intense war and a severe plague finally amounted to Athens defeat.
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Rebecca Taylor
5/26/2011 03:58:28 am
I think the reasons for the rivalry is because they were both strong and went for what they wanted. Jealousy might have been an issue as well.
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Charlie Yurkiw
5/26/2011 07:27:22 am
I believe the cause of the conflict between Athens and Sparta was a simple case of jealousy.
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Daniel McIntosh
6/21/2011 02:48:41 am
would appear i forgot to do this blog entry... anywhoo...
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