reviewed in his mind the period of the Peloponnesian War and the Fall of Athens." George C. Marshall. The Peloponnesian War that took place from 431 B.C. to 404 B.C.‚ as George C. Marshall said‚ is one of the most important wars in the last 2‚500 years of history. The war changed the expansion of democracy for the rest of history and forced the remaining Greek states to adapt a form of Oligarchy government instead of Democracy. At the end of the Peloponnesian War‚ Sparta’s army defeated the Athenian
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Athens the Instigator “If we do go to war‚ have no thought that you went to war over a trivial affair” (Thucydides‚ in Hunt 101). The Peloponnesian War lasted longer than any other pervious war in Greece. The war began in 431 BCE with Sparta’s invasion of Athens. The Athenians sacrificed the destruction of their private property in order to hide in the safety of their city. The Long Walls of Athens protected its citizens and preserved its population. The Spartans however had the upper hand in infantry
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ultimately lead to dissension. Throughout the course of this paper‚ I hope to explain the reasoning behind the dissension between Sparta and Athens‚ made war between these former allies inevitable. Whenever there is an argument or war there is always differences between both parties involved. In order to understand the causes of the Peloponnesian War‚ we must look at their differences. One of the main differences that the Athenians and the
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Tim1096 writes "The impact they have on society was that they delivere things faster‚ they shelter us from nature when we need to go to places‚ and they let us get to places we want quickly." These things are true‚ but it disregards a whole side of the issue. Cars are convenient‚ but the have a large cost to society as a whole. Economic: The majority of cities and counties spend more money on road infrastructure than they receive from gasoline taxes‚ vehicle registration fees‚ or other
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Athens based their ability to gather funds from the Delian League as an important part to financing for the war. Naval expeditions could be expensive and Athens would run into problems because they could not afford it. The expedition to Sicily would restrict Athens and their funds and at the battle of Aegospotami with the defeat from Sparta they could no longer afford to rebuild and so the war would come to an end. Athen will use their strong fortification and their navy to import in supplies. This
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of history that have been left unclear because so much time has lapsed. Thanks to fossils or remains‚ among other things‚ historians have been able to piece together many things. In the 1500’s the first contact was made in the Americas. During this time‚ the America’s and the world as we know it was changed radically. Humans influenced America the most because of their ways to manipulate animals‚ diseases they spread‚ and their eagerness and ambition to take control. Humans have influenced the world
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In History of the Peloponnesian War‚ written by Thucydides‚ Thucydides tell the story of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians from the start of the war across eight books. The excerpt from page 99 chapter 53 best summarizes the plague that indiscriminately attacks all the inhabitants of the city of Athens. Thucydides illustrates to the reader how the polis loses any form of nomos‚ law and customs. A plague has struck Greece causing a massive amount of disorder due to people accepting
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is hard to say whether federalism would have saved the Greeks. On one hand‚ a combined Greek force would have had a much better chance against Phillip and the Macedonian force. On the other hand‚ Phillip made some very significant changes in the way the Macedonian army fought that it would have very difficult for even a united Greek force to compete with them. Even if the Greeks had been divided‚ the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War left many of the Greek states‚ especially Athens‚ with depleted
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The Peloponnesian WARRRRRRRRRR! Importance of the Peloponnesian War • The Peloponnesian War paved the way for the Macedonian takeover of Greece and Alexander the Great’s empire. Thucydides on the Causes of the Peloponnesian War “I think that the truest explanation (prophasis)‚ but the one that was least made public‚ was the growth of Athens’ power and the fear that this caused among the Spartans made war inevitable” “But the grounds of complaint (aitiai)‚ which where openly stated
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Greece after the Peloponnesian War: • Nature and impact of the Spartan hegemony; role and significance of Lysander‚ Agesilaus - Sparta won the Peloponnesian War. The war had ruined many states economically and spiritually. A true leader was needed. Thucydides believed Sparta would unite Greece and lead through goodwill. However‚ during the war Sparta had medised and sold the Ionian states to the Persians. Sparta could hardly claim to be the ‘liberator of the Greeks’. - Sparta had however earned
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