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delian league
-athenian-led voluntary confederation of greek states against persian agression
-headquarters on island of delos
-officials were all athenian
-athens provides most of naval fleet
-delian league was rapidly becoming an instrument of athenian imperialism
-"no secession"
age of pericles
-athenian leader who embarked on a policy of expanding democracy at home while breaking its ties with sparta & expanding its new empire abroad
-most influential strategoi and leader of the time (re-elected 15 times)
-the age of pericles was the height of athenian power and civilization
strategoi
-a board of ten officials known as generals, elected by public vote
-usually wealthy aristocrats, power and influence depends on respect attained
ostracism/ostrokon
ostracism- when officers were held accountable to the public
-members of assembly would write on a broken piece of pottery (ostrokon)
name of person most harmful to polis, person would be exiled for 10 years
first peloponnesian war
(fueled by sparta's fear of athen's imperialism)
-athens tries to expand imperialism to create a land empire
-sparta and athens engage in little battles
athens: agrees to give up most of its land empire
sparta: agrees to recognize the athenian sea empire
great peloponnesian war
-starts when corinth and megera tell sparta to help them or they'll leave the peloponnesian league, sparta threatens war against athens if they dont make amends
-(pericles) athens refuses, saying that it would make sparta the dominent power in greece
-sparta defeats athens in aegospotomia
alcibiades/sicily
-nephew of pericles, elected general but was a poor choice bc of his recklessness and self-seeking
-convinced athens to invade sicily but they failed, removed him from leadership, and fled to sparta to help them defeat athens (traitor)
syracuse expedition
-5,000 hoplites sent out to take syracuse but failed
-captured during their retreat, athenians were killed or sold into slavery
thirty tyrants
-nickname of the spartan ruling oligarchy of 30
-executed about 1500 democratic opponents, which led to athen's re-establishment of their democracy, navy, and power in the greek world
corinthian war/epaminondas/king agesilaus
corinthian war- started when perisa offered financial support to greek states to oppose sparta, they accept the kings peace, dictated by the king of persia
epaminondas- theban leader, led the defeat of spartan army, replaced sparta for a short period of time
philip II of macedonia
-developed a unified state that would finally end the destructive fratricide of the states by imposing macedonian authority
a member of people considered by those of another nation or group to have primitive civilization
barbarian
definite, not vague or elusive
tangible
to represent something in an ideal form
idealized
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