The Greek wealth depended on overseas trade. Therefore, Athens was determined to protect its overseas trade and its homeland. At the end of the Persian War, the Greek city-states formed a league for mutual protection. Meaning that it was called the Delian League.
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It led the Peloponnesian League of 180 Greek cities against Persia, and when peace was made with the Persian Empire in 449 BCE Athens converted the League into an empire of its own, forcibly collecting the annual fees it levied and using them for is own benefit and to maintain the fleet which dominated this empire.
Politically it went from a monarchy to an oligarchy to a tyranny to a limited democracy to an oligarchy to a democracy to a radical democracy to an oligarchy to a limited democracy to a monarchy.
After the problems with Sparta were over, Athens looked westward to Sicily to expand its sphere of influence in the Mediterranean world. The idea was propagated by Alcibiades. Nicias, who had negotiated the peace agreement with Sparta was opposed to the idea. He was outvoted and three generals were named to lead the expedition to conquer Sicily. As events began to unfold, Athens suffered losses in their quest for a larger empire. Bottom line, the idea was a bad one.
Athens Greece was the birthplace of democracy.
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The most influential actions Pericles took to expand democracy was to successfully stand up against Cimon. This was a very significant action because Cimon had very strong Pro-Spartan sentiments and strongly opposed the democratic revolution hoping to maintain Aristocratic control over Athens.
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Pericles had three goals for Athens. The first was to strengthen democracy. The second was to expand the empire. The third was to beautify Athens.
It was a centre of culture and ambitious to expand and dominate the Greek world by force.
Pericles of Athens son of Xanthippos and Agariste lived between 495 and 429 BCE. He was proclaimed "The first citizen of Athens". He was an influential statesman and a General of Athens during the Golden Age of the city.
The long walls of Athens protected Athens and its physical harbour of Piraeus. The distance was 24 kms. Remnants of the wall may be noticed in specific areas even today.
They were polar opposites, Athens being a scholarly, open empire, with Sparta being a military state that detested change. Sparta had a powerful army, Athens had a powerful navy. Both were also ambitious and wanted to expand their reaches of influence. They were bound to bump heads a few times.
After the problems with Sparta were over, Athens looked westward to Sicily to expand its sphere of influence in the Mediterranean world. The idea was propagated by Alcibiades. Nicias, who had negotiated the peace agreement with Sparta was opposed to the idea. He was outvoted and three generals were named to lead the expedition to conquer Sicily. As events began to unfold, Athens suffered losses in their quest for a larger empire. Bottom line, the idea was a bad one.
Peleponnesian War was a 27 year war ending with Sparta victor over Athens. War broke out when Athens sought to expand and allied with Corcyra that was a colony of Corinth. Sparta and Corinth were already allies and Sparta saw this as a military aggression. Athens at the time was lead by Pericles who refused to withdraw. Tension was high and war finally broke out when Thebes, ally of Sparta, attacked Plataea which sided with Athens.
In 499 BCE the Greek cities within the Persian Empire revolted. Athens and Eretria sent an expedition to help the cities, and in the process over-reached themselves by burnig the Persian provincial capital of Sardis. Persia mounted a punitive expedition in 490 BCE aganst them, capturing Eretria but turned back at Marathon by Athens.
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There are 2 Athens in the world. One is the capitl city of Greece and the other one is a small town in Georgia. (Thats in the U.S) THERES ANOTHER ATHENS IN TEXAS SMARTEE !!!! There are many other towns in the US named Athens: Athens, TN Athens, AL Athens, OH Athens, CA Athens, AR Athens, IL Athens, IN Athens, LA Athens, ME Athens, MI Athens, MS Athens, NY Athens, PA Athens, VT Athens, VA Athens, WV Athens, WI Athens, KS The bottom line is there are a lot of cities/towns named Athens. There are 23 in North America alone. All of them are named after the original city of Athens in Greece.