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Pericles

• Most prominent

Athenian statesman

• Devised Athens’

strategy during the first years of the war

• Dies during the plague

in Athens

Thucydides

• Wrote the History of

the Peloponnesian War

• Considered the

father of “scientific history”

Pla lague of Athens

• All Athenians were

brought in from the countryside to live behind Athens’ walls.

• 430 BC: Crowded

conditions create a plague which kills Pericles and many other Athenians

• Sparta sought aid from

Persia in 412 BC

• With Persian money

Sparta builds more ships and Persia sends some of their ships

Persia Alli llies wit ith Sparta

• Other Greek city

states, particularly Sparta, were jealous and afraid

• f growing

Athenian power and wealth after the Persian Wars

Spartan Jealousy and Fear

Delian and Peloponnesian Leagues

• Delian League formed after

Persian Wars. Athens became powerful and wealthy as leaders of the league.

• Peloponnesian League, led

by Sparta, came into increasing political conflict with the Delian League.

• Athens was a democracy,

wealthy, and had a powerful navy

• Sparta was an oligarchy,

life was centered around their military, and Sparta had a powerful land army

Dif ifferences Between Athens and Sparta

• Greek city states

grew weaker and vulnerable to attack

• Greek city states

were weaker economically and agriculturally

• Macedon is coming.

Weak Greek Cit ities

• Cultural

advancement in the Greek city states was slowed due to 27 years of war

Greek art, in this case black figure pottery

Cultural Advancement Slo lowed

• Athens was left

politically, culturally, and economically devastated

Athenian Power Destroyed