Editing Peloponnesian War (section)

== Aftermath ==
The overall effect of the war in Greece proper was to replace the Athenian Empire with a Spartan empire. After the [[battle of Aegospotami]], Sparta took over the Athenian empire and kept all its tribute revenues for itself; Sparta's allies, who had made greater sacrifices in the war than had Sparta, got nothing.<ref name=":0" />

For a short time, Athens was ruled by the [[Thirty Tyrants]], a reactionary regime set up by Sparta.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Krentz |first=Peter |title=The Thirty at Athens |date=1982 |publisher=[[Cornell University Press]]] |isbn=978-0-8014-1450-3 |location=Ithaca, New York |pages=30}}</ref> In 403 BC, the [[oligarchy|oligarchs]] were overthrown and a democracy was restored by [[Thrasybulus]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hellenica (Xenophon)/Book 2/Chapter 4 - Wikisource, the free online library |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Hellenica_(Xenophon)/Book_2/Chapter_4 |access-date=26 December 2024 |website=en.wikisource.org |language=en}}</ref>

Although the hegemony of Athens was broken, the Attic city completed the recovery of its autonomy in the [[Corinthian War]] and continued to play an active role in Greek politics. Sparta was later defeated by Thebes at the [[Battle of Leuctra]] in 371 BC. A few decades later, the rivalry between Athens and Sparta ended when Macedonia became the most powerful entity in Greece and [[Philip II of Macedon]] unified all of the [[Greek world]] except Sparta, which was later subjugated by Philip's son [[Alexander the Great|Alexander]] in 331 BC.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lkYFVJ3U-BIC|title=A Companion to Ancient Macedonia|last1=Roisman|first1=Joseph|last2=Worthington|first2=Ian|year=2010|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-4051-7936-2|page=201|language=en}}</ref>

A symbolic peace treaty was signed by the mayors of modern [[Athens]] and [[Sparta, Laconia|Sparta]] on 12 March 1996, more than 2,500 years after the war ended.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/03/12/Athens-Sparta-sign-peace-pact/9963826606800/ |title=Athens, Sparta sign peace pact |date=12 March 1996 |website=[[United Press International]]}}</ref>
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