The Peloponnesian war was Athens vs Sparta, in Ancient Greece.
Athens had lost, Sparta had won.
Athens military and economy had weakened, because of this war, which later caused Macedonia to conquer it.
Ron knew his choice would give Mark another reason to pester and tease him.
Pestering and teasing is a direct conflict between the characters.
Explanation:
Listening to a Fast Talking Hubby
Natalee Caple My ex believed that he could guess the stock market — could figure out the likely futures of penny stocks. He was an excellent talker and I believed in him even when what he became convinced that investing in a little known stock based on an invention to sort cow sperm by gender would be a huge success. So I took all my money out of GICs and bought the cow sperm stock. It was a bad decision I really regret because the stock plummeted.