<P> For a short period of time, Athens was ruled by the "Thirty Tyrants", and democracy was suspended . This was a reactionary regime set up by Sparta . In 403 BC, the oligarchs were overthrown and a democracy was restored by Thrasybulus . </P> <P> Although the power of Athens was broken, it made something of a recovery as a result of the Corinthian War and continued to play an active role in Greek politics . Sparta was later humbled by Thebes at the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC, but the rivalry between Athens and Sparta was brought to an end a few decades later when Philip II of Macedon conquered all of Greece except Sparta . </P>

Why was this war called the peloponnesian war