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Carthage (661 words) |
 | From the 8th century until the 3rd century BCE, Carthage was the dominant power in the western half of the Mediterranean. |
| The wars against Rome are called the Punic Wars, and involve three periods of wartime, between 264 and 146 BCE. |
| 146: Thousands of Carthaginians suffer a horrible death, Carthage is burned almost totally to the ground, and strict regulations regarding further settlements are imposed on the remaining population. |
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History of Sparta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3246 words) |
| In 449 BCE the war was ended by a five years' truce, but after Athens had lost her mainland empire by the battle of Coronea and the revolt of Megara a thirty years' peace was concluded, probably in the winter 446-445 BCE. |
| That the terms of the Peace of Nicias, which in 421 BCE concluded the first phase of the war, were rather in favour of Sparta than of Athens was due almost entirely to the energy and insight of an individual Spartan, Brasidas, and the disastrous attempt of Athens to regain its lost land empire. |
| The final success of Sparta and the capture of Athens in 405 BCE were brought about partly by the treachery of Alcibiades, who induced the state to send Gylippus to conduct the defence of Syracuse, to fortify Decelea in northern Attica, and to adopt a vigorous policy of aiding Athenian allies to revolt. |
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