In the end, this led to the final massacre between the Athenian army and the Spartan army. In September 413 BC, the entire Athenian navy was annihilated! They were all completely slaughtered by the Spartan army! Although the city of Athens was still OK

Replenishing more navy, but withstanding such a severe blow, Athens has lost its maritime hegemony advantage.

In fact, if we understand this matter from today's modern concept, it is simply that the top officials of Athens failed to handle the frame-up of the former commander Alcibiades. In fact, the commander of the soldiers must not believe in the concept of gods. If the commander of the soldiers is a god

Devout believers, how should we fight this battle? There is no way to fight it! For example, the rules of the gods not to kill on a certain day or something like that will completely eliminate the original advantage of the army in an instant.

And after this battle, the king of Sparta even gave preferential treatment to the former Athenian commander Alcibiades. After all, this battle plan and so on were all provided by Alcibiades' analysis, so we can also understand it as

, the current commander-in-chief of Athens, Alcibiades, after leaving Athens, his life and even the power of speech have reached a higher level, but it is only in Sparta, but the Spartans themselves are very powerful.

of.

Anyway, the current former Athenian commander Alcibiades is living a good life, and Sparta also controls the maritime hegemony, so it gets more resources and slaves, which indirectly leads to the very rapid development of the Spartans.

But for all these things, the Athenians had absolutely no solution because their naval strength did not allow it. Why should we understand it this way?

In fact, the top leaders of Athens have been thinking about regaining maritime hegemony, but the navy has never been a match for the Spartans, so Athens has temporarily given up maritime hegemony and focused on continuing to develop its fleet, which is still developing vigorously.

Athens developed a maritime fleet for about two years, and finally ushered in a bright moment. In 411 BC, Athens' huge naval formation defeated Sparta at Adobais.

Navy! Because Sparta's navy has never been very developed, the Spartans still continued their devilish training methods for marines, which indirectly led to the neglect of the navy.

After the Spartan navy was brutally annihilated by the Abyssian fleet in Abydos, the Spartans were very angry, but they were indeed no match for Athens at sea, so they kept holding off. The following year, Athens

The fleet once again cruelly annihilated the Spartan navy at Chizicus. In fact, these two places were the places where slaves were located after the Spartans controlled maritime hegemony. The Spartans obtained from these places

Wealth, as well as slaves and other resources.

However, the Spartan fleet was completely annihilated twice, which made the Spartans even more angry, but there was no way to counterattack at sea. At this time, the king of Sparta thought of the Persian Empire. Yes! Spartan

The Badans really thought of the Persian Empire, because the fleet of the Persian Empire was the absolute strongest existence in naval battles!

We can say it completely bluntly that if the Persians say that their maritime fleet is currently ranked second on the entire earth, then absolutely no country on this earth dares to say that their fleet is ranked first on the sea, even the city-state of Athens

, they didn’t dare! Why? Because the real navigation technology and the most powerful warships in naval battles were all made by the Phoenicians, and the Phoenicians belonged to Persia. We can recall that Persia

When attacking Greece, 800 large warships could be dispatched at one time, and there were more warships on standby. Is this a joke? So, if the Athenian fleet and the Persian fleet were at sea,

Going to war is not on the same level at all.

At this point, after the Spartans thought of the Persian Empire, they immediately sent people to Persia. The Persian King Xerxes did not want to see the Spartans because of the grievances and resentments between him and the Spartans.

Can this be explained clearly in a few words? But because Xerxes, the king of Persia, had signed a peace treaty before, he had been furious all these years and was always waiting to attack Greece again and completely defeat Greece! So he has been secretly

With the attitude of watching the fire from the other side, I carefully observed the civil strife in Greece, always waiting for the best opportunity.

At this time, it was under this situation that the Spartan envoy was able to meet the great Persian king Xerxes. Xerxes originally wanted to see whether the Spartan envoy could let go.

What the hell, unexpectedly, the Spartan envoy came to ask the Persian King Xerxes for his help in attacking the Athenian naval fleet.

After hearing this, Xerxes snorted coldly and said that Persia had signed a peace treaty and could not attack. In fact, Xerxes's meaning was very obvious. He only wanted to see the civil war in Greece reach the point where they could not be dealt with, and then he

Then, with the ever-growing Persian army, they completely destroyed Greece.

But Xerxes immediately heard another explanation from the Spartan envoy, saying that in recent years, the Spartans had only developed military force for land warfare and were not good at large-scale naval battles, so they let the Athenians take away

It also took away the dominance of the Greek Empire. Another one is the grudges between the Spartans and the Athenians, and it is the Spartans who are currently launching the attack on the Athenians.

, was not initiated by their Persian fleet, so this was not a violation of the peace treaty.

Although what the Spartan envoy said was true, was King Xerxes of Persia a fool? This was the real king of the Persian Empire! At this point, after repeated consideration, Xerxes thought that if a war broke out this time, no matter what

In any case, it was all beneficial to Persia, and Xerxes even believed that Athens was even more angry than the Spartans! Because his father Darius I was defeated in Athens, and he himself was also defeated in

Athens, so Xerxes' murderous intention towards the Athenians was stronger than his intention to kill the Spartans.

Therefore, King Xerxes of Persia thought again and again, and believed that even if the Spartans accelerated the development of their maritime fleet, they would not be able to surpass Persia, because the Persian fleet included Phoenicians. And another thing is, the Spartans

The Spartans had a small population and a large army pressing down on the border. The Spartans could not resist at all, so in the end, the Persian king Xerxes agreed to the proposal of the Spartan envoy.

In the end, King Xerxes of Persia provided the Spartans with a massive fleet, as well as a massive amount of technology and Phoenician sailor warriors! And the Spartans also presented countless gold and silver treasures to Xerxes

, but the Spartans understood that once the Athenians were annihilated, the gold and silver treasures presented to the Persian King Xerxes would be a drop in the bucket.

But the Spartans also understood another truth. Even though the Persian king Xerxes provided them with such a large fleet and sailors, these sailors and fleets completely belonged to Persia. Although they, the Spartans, could lead these

The fleet is about to start a world-destroying sea battle with Athens for hegemony, but the king of Sparta also understands a very important point. As long as the Persian king Xerxes says a word, these Phoenician super fleets will also

The Spartans were completely annihilated on the sea within minutes. Moreover, because of the previous alliance between Athens and the Spartans, the Phoenicians completely lost their hegemony on the sea. Don't the Phoenicians not want to kill them all?

Spartan?

Therefore, after careful analysis and thinking, the king of Sparta finally felt that it would be better to use the talents and technology of the Persian fleet to build a fleet that belongs only to Sparta, so that the fleet can be completely controlled by the Spartans.

Only in this way will there be no so-called worries.

Therefore, the Spartans were dedicated to learning the shipbuilding technology of the Phoenicians of the Persian Empire and the naval warfare experience of the sailors. In the process of the Spartans learning, the Athenians stole the show and had maritime hegemony.

, this resulted in all the resources and slaves in the coastal areas being continuously imported into the city of Athens. In the Greek Empire, Athens also had absolute dominance. This means that Athens could also plunder some resources from other Greek city-states.

. Therefore, the common people in the city of Athens are now living a good life. For example, for the common people in the city-state of Athens, if a family does not have a slave or a few gold items, it will not feel like a common person in Athens.

Same.

This improvement in the quality of life of the Athenians has made everyone in other Greek city-states envious and jealous, so while they are complimentary to the Athenians, they also want to kill them in their hearts. The Athenians, but Athens

Human naval power is too powerful, and the other is that the Athenians have absolute say in the Greek Empire.

Of course, this situation of the Athenians also made the Spartans very unhappy, because the Spartans believed that they, the Spartans, were so powerful that they had all the resources and slaves, and even the hegemony of the sea, as well as the power in the Greek Empire.

The absolute right to speak should belong to their Spartans. But now the king of Sparta is telling their Spartans to endure it, because soon their Athens will be destroyed! Complete destruction!

Under this situation, the Spartans developed for six years. In the past six years, the Spartans incorporated the experience and strategies of the Persian Empire, Phoenicians, ship technology and even naval warfare.

Having learned all this, you can actually start a devastating sea battle with the Athenian maritime fleet right away!

But at this time, the Spartans encountered trouble. What trouble? Because there were not enough Spartan warriors, the number was too small. The Spartans did not have the habit of using their slaves on the battlefield, and their own Spartan warriors were all
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