The answer is C, preserving the Union. Lincoln famously said, "If I could preserve the Union without freeing a single slave, I would."
The ways that the continued battles between the city-states after the Peloponnesian War weakened the city-states include:
- Fall of Athens
- Foreign attacks.
<h3>What was the Peloponnesian War?</h3>
The Peloponnesian War was the long battle fought for military supremacy between Athens and Sparta between 431 and 404BC.
The Peloponnesian War marked:
- The end of the Golden Age of Greece.
- A change in styles of warfare
- The fall of Athens.
- The absorption of Athens into the Spartan Empire.
Thus, the continued battles between the city-states after the Peloponnesian War weakened the city-states and left them vulnerable to foreign invasion because Athens fell from its commanding heights.
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