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He had no such ambition. Athens was a small city in a big world, including a couple of thousand other Greek city-states.
He wanted to use the money extorted from Athens' empire to glorify Athens and spend on raising the Athenian living standards, both for the benefit of the citizens and to cement his own status as First Citizen in a volatile political environment.
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Who became leader of Athens after the Persian Wars and helped make it the center of Greek culture?
Pericles .
Does pericles claim that athens is a generous city?
Pericles did make the Athens city-state to perfect. This is a generous city.
What type of government was Pericles?
Pericles was not a democracy. Pericles was a statesman in Athens and was considered today as a general. Pericles did not make Democracy. The people of Greece did.
What did pericles do to make Athens the most splendid city state?
Democracy
Who made Athens a center of art?
I believe it is Perciles..Pericles. He persuaded Athenians to make an empire out of the anti-Persian league which it had been leading, and diverted the funds being collected for that purpose to glorify Athens put half its population on the public payroll.
What did Pericles do to make Athens more beautiful and how did he pay for it?
pericles beautifies athens by making more things than weapons with the money sparta etc.. gave them
What did the artists do to make Athens at Pericles request?
They were paid by the city to paint, sculpt and decorate the public areas.
What did percilies do to rebuild and bautify Athens?
Pericles used his money on gold,ect. to make statues and buildings
What were pericles' three goals for Athens?
(1) to strengthen athenian democracy(2) to hold and strngthen the empire (3)to glorify Athens
What were the goals of pericles?
He had a list of things to do and just did them his own way.
What did Pericles do to make beautiful?
Pericles used his money on gold,ect. to make statues and buildings
What was pericles goal?
Pericles had set three main goals, military goal, artistic goal, and political goal. Those where the goals he wanted to accomplish, so it would make Athens a better city and a city who would be known for its beauty and for how well it was constructed.
