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(c.460–446, 431–404 bc).

The first of these periods of warfare, sometimes called the first Peloponnesian war, although the second is never so designated, was sparked by Athenian aggression in the ...

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Peloponnesian wars (c.460–446)
in The Oxford Companion to Military History Length: 1520 words
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