 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pasinei nechibvumirano chacho, ukama hweAtene neSparta hwakadzikira zvakare muma430s, uye muna 431 BC Hondo yePeloponnese yakatanga. Chikamu chokutanga chehondo chakaona nhevedzano yekupinda kwegore negore kusingabatsiri kweAttica neSparta, apo Athens yakabudirira kurwisa umambo hweKorinde kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweGirisi uye yakadzivirira umambo hwayo, pasinei nedendaiyo yakauraya mukuru mukuru weAtene Pericles. Hondo yakashanduka pashure pokukunda kwevaAtene vaitungamirirwa naCleon paPylos neSphakteria, uye Sparta akakumbira rugare, asi vaAtene vakaramba chikumbiro chacho. Kukundikana kwevaAtene kutorazve kutonga kweBoeotia paDelium uye kubudirira kwaBrasidas kuchamhembe kweGirisi muna 424 kwakavandudza chinzvimbo chaSparta mushure meSphakteria. Pashure porufu rwaCleon naBrasidas, vatsigiri vakasimba zvikurusa vehondo pamativi ose ari maviri, chibvumirano chorugare chakakurukurwa muna 421 nomukuru mukuru weAtene Nicias. 