Spartan–Argive conflicts

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The Spartan–Argive conflicts were a series of ancient Greek wars between the city-states of Sparta and Argos over dominance in the Peloponnese.

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instanceOf ancient Greek conflict
series of wars
conflictBetween Argos
Sparta
earliestDocumentedEvent Battle of Hysiae (669 BC)
hasLongTermEffect consolidation of Spartan control over much of the Peloponnese
hasMilitaryAspect hoplite warfare
hasNotableBattle Battle of Hysiae (669 BC)
Battle of Mantinea (418 BC)
Battle of Sepeia (c. 494 BC)
Battle of Thyrea
hasParticipant city-state of Argos
city-state of Sparta
hasPoliticalAspect rivalry for leadership of the Peloponnesian League area
hasReligiousAspect contests over regional sanctuaries and cult prestige
historicalRegionInvolved Argolis
Laconia
languageOfPrimarySources Ancient Greek
locatedIn Peloponnese
ancient Greece
mainCause struggle for dominance in the Peloponnese
notableOutcome Spartan expansion in eastern Peloponnese
decline of Argive power in Laconia and Cynuria
overTerritory Cynuria
Thyreatis
borderlands between Laconia and Argolis
partOf Greek interstate warfare
relatedTo Argive attempts to resist Spartan dominance
Spartan hegemony in the Peloponnese
sourceMention Herodotus
Thucydides
timePeriod Archaic Greece
Classical Greece

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Mantineia involvedInConflict Spartan–Argive conflicts