While Sparta was seeking to maintain its unique institutions and dominance of the Peloponnesus, Athens was intent on expanding its commercial and political influence and territorial control, each seeing the other as a threat. Rahe argues that the rising tensions between the erstwhile allies were driven by internal forces, rather than critical foreign interests. During this period, Sparta, although seeking to return to isolation, found itself threatened by an expansionist Athens, leading to the protracted First Peloponnesian War (460-445 BC). Rahe ( Hillsdale) gives us a very detailed look at Spartan history and policy in the decades following the Persian Wars (490-478 BC). ISBN: 0300242611įollowing up his The Spartan Regime: Its Character, Origins, and Grand Strategy and The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta: The Persian Challeng e, Prof.
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