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
[DOC] [TLE] History of Greece: Classical Greece - Ancient Greece [PAR] These two cities, with the involvement of the other Hellenic states, rose to power 
... and occupying the harsh southern end of the Peloponnesus, organized its ... 
the Spartan citizens from both external invasion and internal revolt of the helots.