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What does The Golden Age of Athens mean Not about after the Persian war?
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∙ 11y ago
No it was the fruits of the Persian War.
Athens turned the Delian League into an empire, and misused its funds to create a Golden Age for itself - the Parthenon etc, arts, philosophers, medicine all for free made it a golden age fro them, and they also put half their citizens on the public payroll using the funds of the other cities.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 6y agoAfter the Persian War, when Athens converted the Delian League, which it had led during the war, into an empire of its own and reaped the profits - a golden age indeed.
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Athens' Golden Age followed what event?
The Golden Age of Athens occurred after the Persian defeat at Salamis .
Which war ended at the start of the golden age of Athens?
The Persian War in 449 BCE.
What is another name for athen's golden age?
The Golden Age for Athens is also known as the Classical Age. This age began with the Persian War and is followed by the Hellenistic Age.
Did the golden age of Athens happen before or after the war?
After the Persian War, when Athens converted the Delian League, which it had led during the war, into an empire of its own and reaped the profits - a golden age indeed.
Did the athenian golden age start first or after than the Persian wars?
After - Athens converted the anti-Persian Delian League which it led against the Persian Empire into an empire of their own, and used the proceeds on itself, bankrolling its Golden Age.
Why is the period after the Persian war considered the golden age?
It is not so described. The Golden Age followed the war, when Athens diverted the funds collected from the Greek cities to prosecute the war, to its own treasury when the war ended. It also continued to extort the anti-Persian contibutions. The Golden Age was when Athens spent others' money on itself.
Did the peloponnesian war happen in the golden age of Athens?
After defeat, Athens was stripped of its empire, and without the revenues they mulcted from it, they were not able to either maintain naval preeminence or afford the expenditures which had supported such extravagances as the beautification of Athens.
How did beating the Persians during the Persian War bring about the golden age of Athens?
After the Persian Empire agreed to peace, Athens led the Delian League of city-states which it had ed into an empire of its own, using the war funds to spend on itself, so creating a golden age for itself.
What does the golden age mean?
it's a lovely place in Athens
What was the period of time that followed the Persian War of knowledge as?
The Golden Age of Athens, where it turned the Delian League which it had led against the Persian Empire into an empire of its own and lived the golden life on the proceeds of that empire.
What kind of government did Athens have in the Golden Age?
hi so what is the government of the golden age of athens
What was The Age of Pericles in Athens was called?
The Golden Age of Athens
