How did Athens take over the leadership from Sparta after the Persian Wars

During the period of Greek history from the last years of the Persian Wars tillthe beginning of the First Peloponnesian War, the primacy of Sparta declined while Athens was gaining increased influence in Greece. The Athenian, Thucydides(460-400 BC), one among few contemporary historians, left behind the mostcreditable records about this period. Although he did not give enough documentation for many events he described, his Histories remained the main resource of the facts from that …

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