Question

Athens won against Sparta and made it its feudatory state.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B False

Athens is the capital of Attica state. This was an ideal democratic city state in Greece. Sparta, the city state of Darien tribe, was the military state of Greek. Athens and Sparta had successfully encountered the invasion of Persian King Darius united and defeated the Persian forces in the marathon battle. Later, Athens state organized a federation of city states called Confederacy of Delos, that took the shape of an empire. This stimulated enemity between Athens and Sparta. As a result two Peloponnesian wars were fought against by these two states. Finally, Athens lost to Sparta and became a feudatory state of Sparta. Though Athens lost to Sparta militarily, culturally it overpowered Sparta.