he was getting money from smaller city-states, because the Athens promised to protect them from war, but they used it for other things, and that's how the peloponesian war started
Pericles was a general and political leader in Athens.
Pericles.
His name was Pericles
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Pericles was born in 495 BC and he died in Athens, Greece in 429 BC.
Pericles was an Athenian archon who helped to build Athens. His most notable accomplishment was the Parthenon along with the 20 other structures on the Acropolis.
Yes, I think Pericles probably embezzled four or five times more money than Madoff stole. Where did he steal the money from? From the Delian League's treasury, which was moved to Athens from Delos immediately when Pericles was entitled "general." Pericles built the Acropolis in Athens with this money, was tried for stealing the money, and talked his way out of the trial.
Athens in Ancient Greece
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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 (490-429 BCE) was a Greek Archon who develop social programs that paid Athenian men to build beautiful monuments in Athens. Though he began as an Archon, he is often referred to as the Tyrant of Athens. Plutarch details Pericles political life and the monuments he had built in his Life of Pericles.
Pericles ruled Anicent Athens
Pericles's occupation was being the leader of Athens.
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