Who won the Peloponnesian War and why?
Athens was forced to surrender, and Sparta won the Peloponnesian War in 404 BC. Spartans terms were lenient. First, the democracy was replaced by on oligarchy of thirty Athenians, friendly to Sparta. Why did the Peloponnesian war start? The primary causes were that Sparta feared the growing power and influence of the Athenian Empire. The…