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After the Persian wars, Athens experienced a golden age, which is a time of peace, prosperity, and happiness. It is called a golden age because they had a strong army and a lot of money. Athens hit its Golden Age between 480 - 404 BCE.

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Tension develops between Sparta and Athens, war breaks out between the Delian league led by Athens in 431 BCE against the Peloponnesian league led by Sparta

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A plague strikes Athens weakening them. They fight off and on until 400 BCE and call a ten year truce while Athens recovers and Sparta can make their army stronger.

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Athens tries to help their ally Sicily and attacks the city of Syracuse but loses and Sparta retaliates.

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In 405 BCE the Spartan general Lysander defeated the Athenian fleet in battle. The people of Athens began to starve. Athens then built a wall. The walls were a good advantage for Athenian military strategy, since they provided the city with a constant link to the sea, but it limited food and water.

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They did not have the army to take on Sparta on land and surrendered. Afterwards, Sparta took over the Athenian Empire and kept all of their tribute revenues. Athens was ruled by the “Thirty Tyrants” and democracy was suspended. Eventually oligarchies were overthrown and democracy returned. Philip II of Macedonia conquered all of Greece except Sparta.