In medicine, ablation is the same as removal of a part of biological tissue, usually by surgery. Surface ablation of the skin (dermabrasion, also called resurfacing because it induces regeneration) can be carried out by chemicals (chemoablation), by lasers (laser ablation), or by electricity (fulguration).
The struggle for supremacy in Greece that had begun eighty years earlier with the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War had finally ended in a stalemate of exhaustion that opened the way for a new powerâ the kingdom of Macedonia. The Annenberg CPB/Project provided support for entering this text.
For more details, please read this forum post on the Causes of the Peloponnesian War. This forum post uses the term aitia, which is Greek for 'cause' or 'grievance'.Also see:The Causes of the Peloponnesian War, by Raphael Sealey. Classical Philology, Vol. 70, No. 2 (Apr., 1975), pp. 89-109.mportance of the Peloponnesian War. Fought between the allies of Sparta and the empire of Athens [ see Delian League ], the crippling Peloponnesian War paved the way for the Macedonian takeover of Greece [ see Philip II of Macedon ] and Alexander the Great 's empire.