A plague, exacerbated by their being cooped up in the city in close contact, as they were being beseiged by the Peloponnesia League. This cost a third of the population.
Athens.
Athens in Ancient Greece
In 429 B.C, a plague came to athens and killed pericles and the leadership fell to inferior men.
Thucydides described Pericles as the first citizen of Athens
Pericles made Athens a beautiful city.
No, he was a leader that rebuilt Athens after the Persian wars.
Pericles reformed Athens
Pericles ruled Anicent Athens
Pericles's occupation was being the leader of Athens.
The Spartan Brasidas and the Athenian Cleon were both killed in the battle of Amphipolis in 422 BCE.
the real leaders of Athens were Solon , Peisistratus , Cleisthenes , & Pericles but the first one was Pericles ;]
Pericles did make the Athens city-state to perfect. This is a generous city.