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Athens after the Persian War fortified the city and harbour long before Pericles came to a position of influence. The city was already protected.
Pericles later used this protection to further his ambitions to promote Athens at the expense of the other Greek city-states. This was based on a strong fleet and strong walls, so that it could defend its city, resupply itself if beseiged, and attack other cities with its navy.
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∙ 9y agoAthens started the Delian League after the Persian invasion in 480-479 BCE and led it against Persia for the next 30 years to keep the cities free, so it was not started after the wars. After the war was over in 449 BCE Athens converted the League into an empire of its own, living well off the money it extorted from the League.
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∙ 7y agoIt turned the anti-Persian Delian League into an empire of its own, and used the revenues to its own security and profit.
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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 did the Delian League start?
After the Persian invasion was repelled in 479 BCE, Sparta wanted to evacuate the Greek city-states in Asia Minor back to mainland Greece to avoid ongoing clashes with the Persians, which had been the source of the war. Athens had a better idea - to organise the cities into a league which would have the strength to prevent the Persian Empire taking control of them again. This group established its treasury in a temple on the island of Delos, hence the name of the league. Athens led this league, and after the Persian Empire agreed to peace, Athens opportunistically turned it into an empire of its own.
What were some advantages to living in Athens?
Athens created the first city states. Also they were the first in to start the democracy. Also they had really good poets, they had great mathematics skills, they also have great artist.
Why did Athens start new construction after the Persian wars?
They had the money - they turned the Delian League cities which they led against the Persian Empire into an empire of their own and spent the money they looted from them on beuatifying Athens.
How did Athens involvement in the delian league lead to the start of the peloponnesian war?
It gave Athens the resources to adopt an expansionary and aggressive policy in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Peloponnesian League led by Sparta was formed to counter this, and the inevitable result was war between the two blocs - a 27 year war which devastated Greece.
Which war ended at the start of the golden age of Athens?
The Persian War in 449 BCE.
Was the rule of pericles a golden age for the Athens?
Yes
Why did the Spartans start the Peloponnesian War?
Fear - They feared that the rise of Athenian power would consume them - weighing the balance of power as it existed at the time, and what they saw as Athens continued rise in power - the window of opportunity to win a war against them was closing - in the end, they went to war because they feared the growing power of their neighbor to the north and their growing influence in the region.
How did the Athens Sparta war start?
It came to a head when Athens tried to destroy economically Megara, an ally of Sparta. The Peloponnesian League led by Sparta demanded this stop, Athens refused. War ensued.
What did Athens do to upset the Persians and start a war?
When the Ionian Greek cities in Asia Minor revolted against Persian rule, Eretria and Athens came to the assistance of their daughter cities there. They went too far by burning down the Persian provinvial capital of Sardis, and so persuaded the Persian king Darius to send a punitive expedition against them.Eretria was taken, but Athens repelled it at Marathon and this encouraged the Persians to come back ten years later with a major invasion.
What were some of the causes and effects of the peloponnesian war?
After the defeat of the Persian invasion in 480-479 BCE, Sparta wanted to repatriate all Greeks in Asia to mainland Greece to end the problem with Persia (this actually happened in 1923 CE, after World War 1 - foresight indeed!). Athens proposed an aggressive alliance against Persia, which as the dominant maritime power it had to lead.Sparta had no interest in overseas adventurism, and readily ceded that leadership to Athens, which apportioned contributions to the alliance cities. Some met this in ships, most paid their way out of this, though some reneged and Athens collected the contributions by force. With only the islands Samos, Lesbos and Chios contributing ships, Athens had an overwhelming superiority in amphibious power, and the money to pay for it. This anti-Persian league then progressively became effectively an Empire of Athens.A definite transition took place when the league defeated Persia in two sea and land battle at the Eurymedon River and Cyprus, resulting in a peace of 449 BCE which restricted Persian vessels from moving into Greek-controlled waters or interfering in Greek cities; the real reason for the league ceased to exist. For 'security' the treasury was moved from neutral Delos to Athens, and under Pericles' guiding hand this was squandered on beautification of Athens, keeping half of its citizens in public employment, and 100 ships in service enforcing collection of league (empire) membership dues. In addition Athens went to lengths to establish sympathetic radical democracies in league cities. As a side ethnic issue, the core of the Spartan alliance (Peloponnesian League) were Dorian Greeks of the Peloponnese peninsula; the Athenian empire comprised mainly the Ionian Greeks of Asia Minor and the Islands.This polarisation of the reclusive Spartans and the adventurous Athenians spilt over when their respective allies clashed with each other - notably the Corcyra and Potidaia disputes with Corinth, and then Athens' trading ban on the Peloponnesian city of Megara. The series of clashes put allied pressure on Sparta to act, and after much foot dragging and with much trepidation it issued an ultimatum to Athens, which rejected it.Athens was confident that the combination of its walls and amphibious power was more than a match for the largely land-bound Spartan alliance, and it rejected negotiation, preferring to maintain its naval dominance, and challenge Spartan league land dominance.Neither side foresaw 27 years of warfare which devastated so much of the Greek world from Sicily to Asia, and coincidentally led to Persian influence in Greek affairs, and eventually Macedonian dominance.Why did the Peloponnesians what? Ask a sensible question.why did the pelopinnesain war start?the Athens were trying to take over all of Greece and Spartans didnt let them.
What was the start of the Persian Wars?
The Greek city-states which had been incorporated into the Persian Empire revolted in 499 BCE. The mainland Greek cities of Eretria and Athens intervened to help these cities and so mainland Greece became a target of Persia's attempt to impose peace on the area.
