He pillaged the 180 city-states of the Athenian empire, which he had helped found, to get the money to pay for 'glorifying Athens'. Spending the money, originally designed to protect against Persian invasion, on this, and putting half of Athens on the public payroll, bought him great political support and promoted his ideas of a radical democracy which suppressed opposition to him.
Pericles.
Pericles was a general and political leader in Athens.
His name was Pericles
Plague
Pericles was born in 495 BC and he died in Athens, Greece in 429 BC.
Pericles.
Cliestenes
Pericles was a leader of Athens who was responsible for rebuilding Athens following the Persian Wars. He was also leader of Athens during the Peloponnesian War, but he died of the plague that ravaged the city.
Athens in Ancient Greece
Athens.
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
When the Persians left Greece, Pericles was still a youth, so the rebuilding task fell to others.
A highlight of Pericles' rule was rebuilding the Athenian Acropolis, including the Pantheon.
A highlight of Pericles' rule was rebuilding the Athenian Acropolis, including the Pantheon.