Pelopenesian Wars

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Syracuse had a big part to play in the downfall of Athens... Had they not been so bold to send their fleet and manpower to Syracuse they might have won the war. Syracuse was an unwinnable objective. it was even worse that they wouldn't listen to the general in thefield and pull out before it all went to hell... But the eclipse that year worked to Sparta's advantage and after the first defeat outside Syracuse the Athenian general (i cant place his name right now... its starts with an N) saw the Eclipse and refused to retreat till the eclipse was done. allowing sparta to catch up and destroy the fleet what was left of their army.

I don't think Phillip would have been able to fight the greeks and won so easily, or maybe not at all if the Peloponnesian war never happened. His slower moving Phalangites would have been outflanked quite easilly because of the extra manpower the greeks would have had at their disposal. because there were many less people around to defend their cities however, the Phalangites worked perfectly.