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Athens became so attached to this source of easy money that dissent soon grew among the member cities, and Sparta led the confederacy from Athens after the Peloponnesian War (413– 404 b.c. ). The Persians, sensing weakness in the ranks, launched another offensive, resulting in the Aegean coast cities coming under Persian control in 387 b.c.
Lately, an old word has resurfaced: The United States stands accused of hegemonism . Didn't this musty term figure in Thucydides' description of how Sparta feared the rising power of Athens?
In the succeeding centuries Byzantium, like the cities of the Aegean, fell under the sway of Athens, Sparta, Persia, Alexander, and Rome.
Sparta attempted to govern the city through a council of 30 men, known as the “Thirty Tyrants,” who spent most of their time persecuting opponents and confiscating property.
As Greek colonial power grew weak from Athens-Sparta rivalry back home and pressure from Phoenicians in Sicily, the vacuum was filled by an uppity confederation of Latin and Sabine tribes living on seven hills known collectively as Rome.