The Peloponnesian League was an alliance of states in the Peloponnese in the 6th and 5th centuries BC. The Peloponnese or Peloponnesus ( Greek: Πελοπόννησος Pelopónnisos; see also List of Greek place names) is a large Peninsula The 6th century BC started the first day of 600 BC and ended the last day of 501 BC. The 5th century BC started the first day of 500 BC and ended the last day of 401 BC.
By the end of the 6th century, Sparta had become the most powerful state in the Peloponnese, and was the political and military hegemon over Argos, the next most powerful state. The city of Sparta ( Doric Σπάρτα Attic Σπάρτη Hegemony (hɨˈdʒɛməni (Amer /hɨˈɡɛməni/ (Brit (ἡγεμονία hēgemonía) is a concept that has been used to describe and explain the dominance of one social Argos ( Greek: Ἄργος, Árgos ˈaɾɣos is a city in Greece in the Peloponnese near Nafplio, which was its historic harbor Sparta acquired two powerful allies, Corinth and Elis, by ridding Corinth of tyranny, and helping Elis secure control of the Olympic Games. Corinth, or Korinth ( Greek Κόρινθος ( is a city in Greece. Elis, or Eleia ( Greek, Modern Ήλιδα Ilida, Ancient Ēlis, Doric: Alis, Elean: Walis) is an ancient In modern usage a tyrant is a single ruler holding absolute power over a State or within an Organization. The Ancient Olympic Games, originally referred to as simply the Olympic Games (Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες Olympiakoi Agones) were a series of Athletic Sparta continued strategies like this to gain other allies in their league. Sparta defeated Tegea in a frontier war and offered them a permanent defensive alliance; this was the turning point for Spartan foreign policy. Tegea was a settlement in ancient Greece and it is also a municipality in modern Arcadia, Greece, with its seat in the village Stadio. Foreign Policy is a bimonthly American Magazine founded in 1970 by Samuel P
Many other states in the central and northern Peloponnese joined the league, which eventually included all Peloponnesian states except Argos and Achaea. Achaea (Αχαΐα Achaïa, axaˈia in Polytonic orthography) is an ancient province and a present prefecture of Greece, on the northern Spartan superiority was guaranteed when Sparta defeated Argos in battle in 546. Argos ( Greek: Ἄργος, Árgos ˈaɾɣos is a city in Greece in the Peloponnese near Nafplio, which was its historic harbor Events and trends 546 BC — Croesus, Lydian king, is defeated by Cyrus of Persia near the River Halys
The league was organized with Sparta as the hegemon, and was controlled by the council of allies which was composed of two bodies. The first body was the assembly of Spartiates, and the Congress of Allies in which each allied state had one vote regardless of that state's size or geopolitical power. No tribute was paid except in times of war, when one third of the military of a state could be requested. Only Sparta could call a congress of the League. All alliances were made with Sparta only, so the member states had to form their own alliances with each other. And although each state had one vote, Sparta was not compelled to abide by any resolutions the League might come to. Thus the Peloponnesian League was not an "alliance" in the strictest sense of the word (nor was it wholly Peloponnesian for the entirety of its existence).
The league provided protection and security to its members, and most importantly to Sparta. It was a very stable alliance which supported Oligarchies and opposed tyrannies. Oligarchy' ( Greek, Oligarkhía) is a Form of government where Political power effectively rests with a small elite segment
After the Persian Wars the League was expanded into the Hellenic League, including Athens and other states. Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's The Hellenic League was led by Pausanias, but after he was recalled it was led by Cimon of Athens. Pausanias (Greek = Παυσανίας (d c 470 BC was a Spartan general of the 5th century BC Cimon (in Greek, Κίμων &mdash Kimōn) (510 Athens - 450 BC Citium, Cyprus) was an Athenian Sparta withdrew and the Peloponnesian League was refounded with Sparta's original allies, while the Hellenic League turned into the Athenian-led Delian League. The Delian League was an association of approximately 150 5th-century BC Greek City-states under the leadership of Athens, whose purpose was to continue This might have been caused by Sparta and its allies' jealousy of the Athenians, who wanted to spread their rule. The two Leagues eventually came into conflict with each other in the Peloponnesian War.
In the 360s BC the League went to war against Thebes and eventually was defeated. Thebes ( Classic Greek Θῆβαι, Mod Θήβα) is a city in Greece, situated to the north of the Cithaeron range which divides Thebes forced Corinth and other city states to separate from the Spartans subsequently disbanding the Peloponnesian League.
External links
- Livius, Peloponnesian League by Jona Lendering
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