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Faced with bankruptcy, Athens gave up nearly everything just to attain peace.  Athens lost her city walls and all of her possessions overseas.  She also lost democracy as Sparta's anti-democratic party took control.  '''Sparta had won the Peloponnesian War.'''

Faced with bankruptcy, Athens gave up nearly everything just to attain peace.  Athens lost her city walls and all of her possessions overseas.  She also lost democracy as Sparta's anti-democratic party took control.  '''Sparta had won the Peloponnesian War.'''

Democracy rose up again in a few years and in 395 B.C. Sparta removed Lysander from office.  In 387 Sparta lost the favor of public opinion when it surrendered Greek cities (Ionia and Cyprus) to the enemy Persia.  The surrender was a surprise loss because Greece had been beating Persia for a hundred years.  When Sparta then tried to weaken its former ally Thebes, a battle broke out between them '''and Athens joined with Thebes to defeat Sparta'''.

Postscript:  A decade after the war, democracy rose up again and the tables turned on Sparta.  In 395 B.C. Sparta removed Lysander from office.  In 387 Sparta lost the favor of public opinion when it surrendered Greek cities (Ionia and Cyprus) to the enemy Persia.  The surrender was a surprise loss because Greece had been beating Persia for a hundred years.  When Sparta then tried to weaken its former ally Thebes, a battle broke out between them '''and Athens joined with Thebes to defeat Sparta'''. Perhaps the ultimate fall of Sparta is an illustration of the biblical insight, "he who lives by the sword, dies by the sword"?

=== Greek Knowledge ===

=== Greek Knowledge ===