Spartans besiege city of Athens. Plague kills many Athenians Pericles the great ruler died Spartans win in 404B.C. Never again was Greek unity bonded like that again. After all this happened Greeks were never the same they didn’t think that Sparta was going to set a plague on Athens. After they just helped them try to win a war against the Peloponnesians. His contemporary historian‚ acclaimed him as "the first citizen of Athens". Pericles turned the Dalian League into an Athenian empire and led his
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Fifth-century Athens refers to the Greek city-state of Athens in the period of roughly 480 BC-404 BC. This was a period of Athenian political hegemony‚ economic growth and cultural flourishing formerly known as the Golden Age of Athens or The Age of Pericles. The period began in 480 BC when an Athenian-led coalition of city-states‚ known as the Delian League‚ defeated the Persians at Salamis. As the fifth century wore on‚ what started as an alliance of independent city-states gradually became an Athenian
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el * Intro: The Delian League formed in 477BCE and was an alliance of Ionian Greek states. Because Sparta was unwilling to fight against Persia‚ Athens took its place and formed the Delian League to fight against the Persians and protect the smaller islands. * In my first paragraph: The original aims of the Delian League created by Aristides were to protect the already liberated Greek city-states from Persian attack and to attack and regain losses during the Persian wars. The Athenian long-term
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A219 Exploring the Classical World Essay PART ONE Look at the Illustrations Book‚ Plate 16: Athens: Parthenon. South metopeXXXI. Lapith and centaur. 447–439 BCE (1.3 x 1.3 m). In no more than 500 words: (i) briefly provide the context of this sculpture (ii) discuss the ways in which its subject matter conveyed a political message to Athenian viewers Metopes were situated on the outside of the Parthenon building they are high reliefs carved into rectangular slabs placed over the columns
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worship the gods‚ specifically the goddess Athena. She was the god of their polis (city state)‚ hence the name of their city‚ Athens. (Roberts 108). Though the Acropolis was first and foremost built for worship‚ other motivations played a factor. Pericles‚ a statesman and general of Athens‚ longed to see the Acropolis rebuilt after its destruction in the Persian war. He began building in 447 BC and the construction lasted for about a half a century. He built the Acropolis to show that not only did
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The Greek World 500-440 BC Account for the democratic reforms of Athens during this period. Athens was greatly affected by the Persian Wars and the aftermath of those wars. Significant changes were made to the internal government of Athens. The changes that took place between 500 and 440 BC were part of the democratisation process‚ but they must also be seen as responses to the Persian Wars and as consequences of the growing imperialism of Athens. It is also important to understand the interrelationship
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different politically‚ artistically‚ socially and in terms of class distinction. So‚ Han China and classical Athens were different in terms of politics mainly by their types of government. Classical Athens had a democracy‚ stated in document four. As Pericles put it‚ “its administration is in the hands‚ not of a few‚ but of the whole peoples [Doc. 4]”. Any citizen of Athens was allowed into the Athenian Assembly‚ in which members may speak of anything they wish (provided they could handle and control
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Introduction HIS100 History of Western Civilization to Middle Ages Lesson 5 Quiz This assignment is worth a total of 60 points. Please make sure you have answered all questions prior to submitting. Once you click the submit button‚ you will not be able to return to this section. Question 1 of 60 What type of columns does the Parthenon have? | Alsacian | | Ionic | | Corinthian | | Doric | Question 2 of 60 In 490 B.C.E. the Athenians defeated the Persians at the Battle
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man named Pericles helped begin the rise of democracy in Athens to what would be its peak. The period following‚ until his death‚ was known as the “Age of Pericles” (Levack et al‚ 2011‚ pg. 92.). During this time there were approximately 40‚000 male citizens of which only free men over 18 were allowed to be involved in politics. Bureaucratic positions‚ including “generals” and “administrators‚” totaled up to be around 1‚500 officials (Levack et al‚ 2011‚ pg. 93.). Pericles also chose
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power‚ Sparta waits for a way to be able to stop the expansion. By waiting for an opportunity that comes for war against Athens‚ Sparta is not very reluctant and could even be considered eager to enter an altercation‚ however key individuals such as Pericles convinced the Athenians that allowing allied states to become free was a sign of weakness. In addition‚ he convinced them that Sparta was no match and could not win a long-term war against the great Athenian navy. He stressed the need for Athens
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