 Following the end of the Peloponnesian War after the destruction of the Athenian fleet at the Battle of Aegospotami in 405 , Sparta had launched a series of raids against the Persian satrapies of Asia Minor.Pharnabazus, satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia, finally responded by sending the Rhodian Timocrates to bribe the other Greek city states into declaring war on Sparta.Thebes rose up in 395 , eventually encouraging others to join in what became known as the Corinthian War.