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Why were many of the Greek poli (city-states) unhappy with Athens in the years before the Peloponnesian War?
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After the Persian invasion of Greece was turned back in 479 BCE under the leadership of Sparta, Athens took over leadership of the city-states in Asia Minor which had been liberated from Persian rule and formed them into the Delian League as a defensive alliance. After 30 years of failed attempts to reclaim the cities, Persia gave up and left the League to its own devices. Even with the threat gone, Athens continued to collect the annual tax which funded the League, by force where necessary, and spent the money on itself and on maintaining the navy which enforced the tax.
Athenian inscriptions show heavy casualties of its army each year, including years in which Athens was not fighting any war with its neighbours or Persia, so these arose from its annual tax enforcement. This enforcement went as far as assaulting, capturing and looting recalcitrant cities of the League, which Athens had converted to an empire. One city Mytilene had its people sold into slavery as an example to the others; the citizens of Samos were branded in the forehead to remind them not to revolt again.
The proceeds - originally to pay for the navy which protected them from Persia - were spent by Athens on beautifying its city (Parthenon etc) and putting half of Athens' citizens on its public payroll. And not satisfied with this empire, Athens started standing over cities of the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta, culminating with trying to bankrupt Megara, a member of that league. At the behest of the League, Sparta demanded that Athens back off, it refused, and all out war ensued.
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∙ 14y agoThe Athenians formed the Delian League. Athens was the head. Eventually Athens started bossing the other cities in the league around, and the Delian League turned into the Athenian Empire.
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Did the Persion war happen before the Peloponnesian war?
Yes, there are two Persion war, which both in fact are before the Peloponnesian war.
Which two city-states demonstrated military interdependence during the Persian Wars?
The city-states of Athens and Sparta joined forces along with the other southern Greek city-states to defeat the Persian invasion in 480-479 BCE, however they were not enemies - they were allies before and after the Persian invasion. Sparta had offered support to Athens against the Persian attack on Athens a decade before that, and Athens supported the Spartans when Messenia revolted against Spartan rule twenty years after the Persian invasion. Not exactly enemies. They became enemies when Athens set out to dominate the Greek world, resulting in the Spartan-led Peloponnesian League and Athens and its new empire clashed in a destructive Peloponnesian War 431-404 BCE. Athens lost, was stripped of its empire and became a second rate power.
How was Sparta finally able to defeat Athens in the Peloponnesian War?
Persia gave the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta the money to build a fleet of warships equal to Athens', and to pay the crews at double the Athenian rate to attract the best sailors. At the confrontation of the two fleets at Aigospotomai, Spartan commander Lysander waited until the Athenian ships crews were on shore buying their food from the local market and swooped on them, taking most on the beach before they could get to sea to fight. With its fleet gone, Athens was besieged with no means of importing food, and eventually had to surrender.
When did Greek Civil War happen?
The Greek city-states habitually waged war on each other, so there were endless examples. They desisted briefly to face off the Persian intervention in thee Greek world in the 5th Century, but before and after that the cities had continual disputes and wars. The most intense was the 27-year Peloponnesian War 431 to 404 BCE which pitted Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.
How did the plague and the blockade help the winner of the Peloponnesian War?
The Peloponnian League faced an Athens weakened in the short and middle term of the 27-year war by losing a third of its manpower in the plague outbreaks of 430, 429 and 427 BCE. Replacing these soldiers and seamen, further reduced by the loss in Sicily, took over two decades as the children grew up, and by then the war was turning against Athens when Persia began supporting the Peloponnesian League.The blockade of Athens in 404 BCE by land and sea, after the anihilation of its fleet the year before at Aigospotamai, left Athens with no option but to surrender - unable to produce food, cut off from imported food supplies, and with its overseas garrisons forced home into the city to exacerbate the food crisis.With the city-state of Athens decimated by the plague , along with the loss of it's prominent leader Pericles , Sparta was left in the stronger position and ultimately persevered over Athens .
How did the peloponnesian war take place?
Many Greeks outside of Athens resented Athenian domination. Before long, the Greek world split into rival camps. To counter the Delian league, Sparta and other enemies of Athens formed the Peloponnesian League, while Athens supported the among its allies That is why the Peloponnesian War took place.
How much power did athen actually have over Sparta in the peloponnesian war?
Athens was not in control of Sparta before, during or after the war. The only facet of its military that was stronger than Sparta's was the Athenian navy.
Did the Persion war happen before the Peloponnesian war?
Yes, there are two Persion war, which both in fact are before the Peloponnesian war.
Who are enemies of Achilles?
During the Peloponnesian War? The Spartans. Athens has a long history and at one point possessed a powerful empire. This situation automatically leads to a state having a LOT of enemies. During the Peloponnesian War, Sparta was the leader of the Peloponnesian League, which included other city-states such as Corinth and Elis and was the opponent to the Athenian-dominated Delian League. The Great King of Persia was also an enemy of the Athenians at this time, but Persia had been an enemy of Athens (and Greeks in general) for centuries before and after this period. Athens had many other enemies, such as the city of Syracuse in Sicily, but these are the most famous.
Was the Peloponnesian War before the Persian Wars?
After.
Which two city-states demonstrated military interdependence during the Persian Wars?
The city-states of Athens and Sparta joined forces along with the other southern Greek city-states to defeat the Persian invasion in 480-479 BCE, however they were not enemies - they were allies before and after the Persian invasion. Sparta had offered support to Athens against the Persian attack on Athens a decade before that, and Athens supported the Spartans when Messenia revolted against Spartan rule twenty years after the Persian invasion. Not exactly enemies. They became enemies when Athens set out to dominate the Greek world, resulting in the Spartan-led Peloponnesian League and Athens and its new empire clashed in a destructive Peloponnesian War 431-404 BCE. Athens lost, was stripped of its empire and became a second rate power.
Was Athens an oppressive leader of the delian league before the outbreak of the peloponnesian war?
Athens was pretty oppressive and in the of incidents such as the coercion of Carystus in 472bc, the revolt and subjugation of Naxos in 469bc and the result of Thasos at around 465bc Athyens wasn't afraid to show her immense power. The tribute that was imposed to fund the war effort during the Persian War was diverted to rebuilding the temples of Athens after the Peace of Callias which assured an end to hostilities between Persia and the Greeks which showed that Athens were using the money of other states under the pretense of good for all when in fact the member states would only receive some benefit if they were to visit Athens and admire the architecture. All this and more shows that Athens was indeed a reasonably oppressive leader of the Delian League in the years before the Peloponnesian War as the Delian League became more and more of an Athenian Empire.
How was the Persian war brought about the peloponnesian war?
It did not. The Persian War finished two decades before the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War.
How was Sparta finally able to defeat Athens in the Peloponnesian War?
Persia gave the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta the money to build a fleet of warships equal to Athens', and to pay the crews at double the Athenian rate to attract the best sailors. At the confrontation of the two fleets at Aigospotomai, Spartan commander Lysander waited until the Athenian ships crews were on shore buying their food from the local market and swooped on them, taking most on the beach before they could get to sea to fight. With its fleet gone, Athens was besieged with no means of importing food, and eventually had to surrender.
Did the Persian War begin first?
It began before the Peloponnesian War.
When did Greek Civil War happen?
The Greek city-states habitually waged war on each other, so there were endless examples. They desisted briefly to face off the Persian intervention in thee Greek world in the 5th Century, but before and after that the cities had continual disputes and wars. The most intense was the 27-year Peloponnesian War 431 to 404 BCE which pitted Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.
What happened first the Persian War or the Peloponnesian War?
The Persian wars were between the Greeks of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Persians. The Persians wanted to stabilise their empire while the Greek cities were rebelling within it or supporting those rebellions from the outside. After 50 years of warfare, the Greeks outlasted the Persians and an agreement for Persia to recognise their independence was arranged in 449 BCE. The Peloponnesian war was between the empire established by Athens out of the cities which allied to repel the Persians, and a Peloponnesian League headed by Sparta which opposed Athens when it transferred its attentions to its Greek neighbours. It lasted 431-404 BCE, at the end of which Athens lost the empire it had created.
