The Peloponnesian War

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1. In what year did the Peloponnesian war begin? 445 B.C. 428 B.C. 436 B.C. 431 B.C.

2. What year did the devastating plague hit the Athenian city state? 430 B.C. 429 B.C. 428 B.C. 432 B.C.

3. Which prominent leader of Athens was a victim of the plague? Alcibiades Thucydides Cleon Pericles

4. Whose support in the latter stages of the war helped bring the final Spartan victory? Egyptian Carthaginian Bythinian Persian

5. Where, in the latter part of the war, was Athens' naval headquarters based? Athens Samos Chios Lesbos

6. What occurred in Athens in 411 B.C.? A Plague An Oligarchic Revolution The Olympics A Battle

7. After what battle did the Athenian demos execute eight Generals and exiled two, despite their victory? Cyzicus Aegospotami Notium Arginusae

8. Which Spartan General led the Peloponnesian forces to the final defeat of Athens? Brasidas Lysander Pericles Alcibiades

9. Where did Sparta inflict the final defeat on Athens? Arginusae Aegospotami Syracuse Sicily

10. In what year did Athens finally succumb to Sparta and sign a peace treaty? 404 B.C. 401B.C. 405 B.C. 402 B.C.