Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A matsayin tushen: A cikin 404 BC, Spartans sun murkushe Athenians a yakin basasa na Aegospotami
, kuma daga baya, Spartans sun kewaye Athens. Sun maye gurbin gwamnatin dimokiradiyya da sabuwar gwamnati mai goyon bayan 'yan tsiraru, mai suna 'Yan Tawaye talatin. Saboda matakan da suka yi na zalunci, wasu 'yan Athens sun shirya don kawar da Tyrants - kuma, hakika, sun yi nasarar yin hakan a takaice - har sai da bukatar Spartan don taimako daga talatin ya isa kuma an nemi sulhu. Lokacin da Spartans suka sake barin, duk da haka, 'yan dimokuradiyya sun yi amfani da damar da za su kashe oligarchs kuma su sake dawo da gwamnatin Athens. A karkashin wannan yanayin siyasa a cikin 399 BC cewa an zargi Socrates.