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Peloponnesian War 5 W’s who, what, when, where, why
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Peloponnesian War 5 W’s
who, what, when, where, why
Results of the Persian War
OThe Greeks were united.
OAthens organized the Delian League, an alliance with other Greek city-states.
OPersia still exists and still control city states.
OGolden Age
Thucydides
O Historian that wrote down eye witness
accounts of events
O First 20 years of Peloponnesian War
O “History is explained by human ideas,
deliberation, and decision rather than
accident, fate, or the gods.”
Pericles
O Born 495 B.C.E.
O Statesman, general, orator
O “First citizen of Athens”
O Led Athens to the Golden Age
O AKA “Age of Pericles”
O 460 B.C.E.- 429 B.C.E.
Golden Age
O Change in
Government:
O Direct Democracy
O Every man can vote
O Assembly:
O Group of citizens
that voted and
discussed politics
O Needed 6,000
people
O Change in Society
O Arts
O Sciences
O Philosophy
O Literature
Athens, the Leader
O Leaders of Delian League
O Alliance between city-states
O Use of Delian League money to fund
spending.
O Treated the League like an empire
The Conflict
O Resentment and jealousy of other city-states
O Athens punished for going against their
orders
O Sparta felt like Athens was getting too
powerful
O Formed Peloponnesian League
Peloponnesian League
O The city-states that did not support Athens
created their own League
O Sparta was leader of League
O Wanted to stop Athens from gaining power
This led to the…..
OPeloponnesian
War!!!!!
Peloponnesian War
431 B.C.E.- 404 B.C.E.
O Athenian Strategy
O Use navy to cut off supplies
O Spartan Strategy:
O Use army to cut off supplies
O Led to a 27 year long war
O Archidamian War 431 BCE-421 BCE
O First part of war
O Named after Spartan king Archidamus II
The Plague 429 B.C.E.
O Pericles has Athens build a wall around the city
to keep out Sparta
O Sparta will attack by land
O Supplies were brought in from navy and allies
O City became overcrowded and unsanitary
O Plague breaks out
O Kills 1/3 of the population
O Pericles dies
O Cleon replaces him
Events of the Archidamian War
O Spartan siege of Plataea, 429-427.
O The revolt of Lesbos, 427.
O Civil war in Corcyra and execution of the oligarchists, 427.
O Athenian victory at Pylos and Sphacteria, 426-425.
O Death of Cleon-422
Peace of Nicias
O Sparta and Athens both not progressing
O Nicias
O Athenian negotiator
O Created a treaty for Athens and Sparta
O Truce/Everyone go home
But……….
OThe Peace
Doesn’t
Last!!!
Syracuse 416 BCE
O The capital of Sicily
O Ally of Sparta
O Athens attempted to invade to expand
empire
O Failed Miserably!
O Met by the Sicilians and Spartan allies
O Weakened Athenian Army
Sparta and Persia
O Sparta asks Persia for help
O Persia gives Sparta gold
O Sparta gives Persia land
O Spartans build a navy with new funds
End of the War
O Sparta uses new navy and defeats Athenian
Navy in 405 BCE
O Athenian Army is too weak to fight on land
O Athenians run out of resources
O Athens surrenders in 404 BCE
O http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFXJWkE
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