The Peloponnesian War is the name given to the long series ... one of the few other city-states with a major navy of its own - Sparta and its allies interpreted the move as an act of provocation.

He burst onto the scene in 425 B.C. during Sparta’s struggle against Athens in the Peloponnesian War, breaking through ... north to conquer Athenian-allied cities at the head of 700 helots ...

In 1945, during World War II, U.S. and Soviet forces linked up on the Elbe River, a meeting that dramatized the collapse of Nazi Germany’s defenses. Delegates from some 50 countries gathered in San ...