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It established an empire. This led to an expansion of building, learning and prosperity. However to finance it , Athens had to tax the cities it dominated, and keep a war fleet to extort these taxes. This military power led to the city becoming over-ambitious, and Pericles' pushed the limits so far thet Athens became involved in the devastating Peloponnesian War, which it lost and so lost its empire. Pericles died of plague early in the war, so we don't know if he could have successfully guided them through the war which he had brought on.
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Who was a famous Greek general who governed Athens and helped create its golden age?
The Golden Age was of Athens. Under the leadership of Pericles, it turned the Delian league which it had led against the Persian Empire into an empire of its own, milking it of money to support its own building programme, sponsoring the arts and learning, and putting half its own citizens on the public payroll. The pillaged cities didn't find it so golden, so it wasn't Greece, it was Athens which got the gold and easy life.
Who did Greece enjoy a golden age under?
"Ancient Greece" was not a kingdom, it was a geographical region made up of several poleis (sing. polis) such as Athens, Sparta, Thebes etc. Each polis had its own forms of government, which evolved over time. Sparta had a bi-monarchy (two kings) and a council of elders; Athens had an oligarchy, then tyrants, then a democracy. During the golden age of Athens, the most famous leader was Pericles. He was a political and military leader, but never a king. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actually... Greece was a kingdom and the QUEEN was YOUR MOM
What Greek city-state was the beginning of democracy seen in?
Democracy began developing in Athens from 507 BCE under the guidance of Cleisthenes. It took another seventy years to develop to its peak, and Athens then exported the concept to several other cities.
How did did the development of democracy in Athens affect the lives of ordinary citizens?
In the radical period introduced by Pericles all citizens voted in the Assembly each fortnight and the Council implemented their decisions. They also manned the juries of 500 which determined on legal matters. And the funds extorted from Athens' empire put half the citizens on the public payroll.
What type of democrcy did Athens have?
It started in 508 BCE as a limited democracy for landowners, revrted to oligarchy during the Persian War, was reestablished as a full democracy by Ephialtes in 460 BCE, and after his assassination, became a radical democracy under the leadership of Pericles. After Athens' defeat in the Peloponnesian War in 404 BCE it reverted to a limited democracy.
Athens enjoyed a golden age under the leadership of?
Pericles
Pericles declared war?
Under the leadership of Sparta they declared war on Athens
Who developed a direct domacracyin ancient history?
Athens, under the leadership of Pericles.
Who replaced Pericles after his death in 429 BC?
After the death of Pericles, he was replaced by Cleon. Under his direction Athens renewed the conflict with Sparta.
What government in Athens made people the most happy?
The golden age of Greece was under Pericles who was an enlightened dictator.
After the Persian wars ended Athens became a powerful and wealthy city-state under the leadership of a man named?
Pericles.
Did Pericles fight in the Persian Wars?
As he was 15 at the time, he was below the military age of 18.
Who was Pericles of Athens?
Pericles is regarded as the most successful and accomplished statesman of Ancient Greece. He was a general of Athens during its Golden Age, in the time in between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars. He is also remembered as an exceptional orator.
What caused the peloponnesion war?
The Peloponnesian War was caused by Athens slowly creating an empire under Pericles, an Athenian general. Sparta did not want only one city-state to be able to control all of Greece, so they decided to attack Athens, causing the Peloponnesian War.
What democracy was practiced in Athens Greece several thousands years ago called?
Under the leadership Pericles, Athens developed a direct democracy. Large numbers of male citizens took part in the affairs of government.
Which leader did democracy in Athens work best?
Pericles, after getting his conservative opponent Thucydides son of Melesias expelled in 444 BCE, manipulated affairs as 'First Citizen' to bring prosperity and power to Athens. Unfortunately his ego led him to lead Athens into a destructive war with the Peloponnesian League 13 years later, which Athens lost. During the war, the democracy was led by populists after Pericles' early death, and the democracy was replaced to bring government of the city under control.
Who was a famous Greek general who governed Athens and helped create its golden age?
The Golden Age was of Athens. Under the leadership of Pericles, it turned the Delian league which it had led against the Persian Empire into an empire of its own, milking it of money to support its own building programme, sponsoring the arts and learning, and putting half its own citizens on the public payroll. The pillaged cities didn't find it so golden, so it wasn't Greece, it was Athens which got the gold and easy life.
