Question: what roles did athens and sparta play in the peloponnesian war
Answer: Orange : Athenian Empire and Allies ; Green : Spartan Confederacy Date 431 -- April 25 , 404 BC Location Mainland Greece , Asia Minor , Sicily Result Peloponnesian League victory Territorial changes Dissolution of the Delian League , Spartan hegemony over Athens and its allies Belligerents Delian League ( led by Athens ) Peloponnesian League ( led by Sparta ) Supported by : Achaemenid Empire Commanders and leaders Pericles Cleon † Nicias Alcibiades Demosthenes Archidamus II Brasidas † Lysander Alcibiades