and in which they made alliances first with Argos the great enemy of Sparta

并与斯巴达最大的敌人阿哥斯结盟
and then with the Thessalians

并与塞萨利人结盟
whom they hoped would supply them

这是为了以后若有战事
with useful cavalry in case of a future war.

他们可提供大量骑兵
So, that's a terrific takeoff point

这个事件
for the first quarrel of seriousness between the two sides

是两方的唇枪舌战的极好契机
which modern historians call the First Peloponnesian War.

也就是史学家说的第一次伯罗奔尼撒战争
One other thing that happened

在战前的这段时间里
at the conclusion of this previous period,

又发生了一件事
that is to say,

那就是
with the withdrawal of the Athenians from the scene,

在雅典退出之后
the Spartans finally took care of the helots.

斯巴达终于解决了希洛人