Third Peloponnesian War (Athenian Legacy)

The Third Peloponnesian War was a military conflict that engulfed southern Greece, particularly the Peloponnesian peninsular, and Attica. The conflict was a result of a growing Athenian expansionist power that had defeated a series of invading Northern armies and had grown to immense hights. Corinth, who had originally saved Athens in the First Syracusan War, were decisvely defeated after a Athenian invasion of the peninsular and the occupation of Corinth itself.