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The Peloponnesian War in 431, which pitted Athens and its newly defiant sea kingdom against an alliance of land-based states led by Sparta, ended in outrage by other cities at the hegemony of Athens. The dispute marked the culmination of the command of the sea by Athenia. Since Sparta launched its own fleet, the war between Athens and the city-state of Sparta ended with an Athenian defeat.