Athens could not effectively handle the Peloponnesian War‚ do you agree? Why/why not? Athens encountered significant challenges during the Peloponnesian War‚ which ultimately hampered its ability to effectively manage the conflict. Various contributing factors led to this outcome: Strategic and Tactical Failures: Athens committed several significant strategic and tactical errors during the course of the war. The decision to launch the Sicilian Expedition stands out as one of the most notable. As
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1: 427BC (4th year of the Peloponnesian war * Plague visited Athens in 430‚ 429‚ 427 BC (30% pop dies) * Pericles began the war‚ the strategy was for athens to stay behind the walls (not to fight the Spartans on land – in funeral speech) – Spartans are better fighters * So many people behind the walls‚ not heigenic conditions‚ so plague could have came because of result of this strategy * Terrible strategy came out of the best intentions * Pericles saying follow intelligent
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The years following Peloponnesian war were a time of disenchantment and frustration for Athens. The Athenians could not perceive and accept that despite all their powerfulness they had lost the war. It was a time that can be called today of “a cultural war”. On one side of this war were the traditionalists who blamed democracy and the sophists for the defeat in the war; they propagated to reinstate the conventional religious form of practice and reinforce the old-fashioned values. On the other side
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The Peloponnesian war was a war of ancient Greece‚ (431 BC-404 BC) fought between the leading city-state of Athens and Sparta‚ along with their allies‚ resulting in the transfer of hegemony from Athenian to Sparta. The fundamental cause of the war was the Spartan fear of Athenian imperialism. These two powers have asymmetrically different military strengths. The Athenians and their allies relied on its Navy‚ while Sparta and their alliance relied on a strong army. Pericles led the Athenians and Archidamus
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When I was a young lad‚ I was fascinated by the Greek myths. I especially loved the fabulous accounts of the gods told by Herodotus who could tell the amazing tales in a way that brought them almost to life. However‚ as I grew older‚ I began to see the world through more critical eyes and rejected the stories I once loved so much as foolishness. It was during these adolescent years that I came upon a manuscript by the great historian Thucydides who cut away any nonsense in his writing. To Thucydides
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Mediterranean. They sought revenge towards the Greeks‚ which caused King Darius to send demands to Greece. Athens and Sparta were very hesitant when obeying the demands‚ most of the other city-states were quick to obey. While the Greeks saw what Athens and Sparta did as an act of defiance and it showed pride‚ Darius was obviously not happy. This lead to the Persian Wars‚ which would eventually lead to the Peloponnesian War. Both of these wars had a major impact on Greece in very different ways. In 499
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“Clouds” and the “History of Peloponnesian War” Undeniably‚ the ancient Greek society places a heavy emphasis on values and traditions. The two texts of the “Clouds” by Aristophanes and “History of the Peloponnesian war” by Thucydides‚ although contextually divergent‚ are actually conceptually convergent. Both texts are built around the central theme of the collapse of conventional values. While the breakdown of traditional values in the “History of the Peloponnesian war” is presented in a more metaphorical
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The Peloponnesian War was a gruesome battle between two hated city states in Ancient Greece. This War was fought against two leagues‚ the Peloponnesian League and the Delian League. The Peloponnesian League led by Sparta and included other powerful Greek city states who had the best military in Greece. The Delian League led by Athens and other city states would have a terrific navy since the city states were located near the Aegean Sea. But times were not always like this. Due to the Peloponnesian
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The Peloponnesian War was the second major conflict between the most powerful Greek City-states Athens and Sparta. Lasting from 431-404 BC‚ the Peloponnesian War was considered by the ancient Greek historian Thucydides‚ to be the greatest disturbance that had ever affected the Greeks. Thucydides was a fifth century BC Athenian historian‚ political philosopher and general. He is considered by many to be the “Father of scientific history” due to his strict guidelines when it came to gathering evidence
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DESTINED FOR WAR Jarod Bleibdrey‚ M.S.C.J January 20‚ 2013 As humans have evolved into vast‚ complex civilizations‚ a growing trend became notable to mankind‚ which was corruption. Speculating that Herodotus was the first true historian‚ and Thucydides was the second‚ then the Peloponnesian War would be the first form of government corruption in which war became inevitable. At this point‚ the war varies in perception of the two great alliances‚ and why the war was even fought. This essay
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