How did the peloponnesian war differ from the persian war? a. the persian war was more of a civil war b. athens refused to fight in the persian war c. the peloponnesian war was more of a civil war d. sparta refused to fight in the peloponnesian war

The Peloponnesian Wars fought between Athens and Sparta and their respective allies came in two stages, the first from c. 460 to 446 BCE and the second and more significant war from 431 to 404 BCE. With battles occurring at home and abroad, the long and complex conflict was damaging to both sides but Sparta, with financial help from Persia, finally won the conflict by destroying the Athenian fleet at Aegospotami in 405 BCE.