The defeat of this city's invasion force at Syracuse in 413 B.C. was the beginning of its end & the start of Sparta's rise
In the first phase, 
the Archidamian War, Sparta launched repeated invasions ... After defeating the 
Persian invasion of Greece in the year 480 BC, Athens... [DOC] [TLE] Peloponnesian War - Ancient History - HISTORY.com [PAR] Athens and Sparta, both powerful Greek city-states, had fought as allies in the ... 
After heroic roles in the defeat of the Persians (480-479 B.C.