![]() ![]() The Spartans wanted all Greek walls torn down. Many allies didn’t like the idea of Athenian strength. The Spartans sent an envoy saying they didn’t want Athens to have a wall.The Athenian women & children were brought home & the Athenians began building the city & walls, most of which was in ruins. But Athens & its allies from Ionia & the Hellespont went to Sestos, which was still held by the Persians. Athens’s power grew like this… After the Persians went home, defeat at sea & on land, the Spartan king & commander, Leotychides, & his men went home.Thucydides – History of the Peloponnesian War, Book 1, Chapter 4 – From the End of the Persian to the Beginning of the Peloponnesian War – The Progress from Supremacy to Empire ![]()
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