Classical Studies 1000 Lecture Notes - Peloponnesian League, First Alcibiades, Sicilian Expedition

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: Prof

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Peloponnesian league, alliances are: if anyone bothers you, we will help you, otherwise leave us alone. Athens was taking control of the league, they were compelling polis to join, if you didn"t want to belong, you must pay us because you are getting the benefits. Encouraging sparta, lets attack them: defensive league. Athens had not attacked, they were observing land around sparta. Athens attacks ships in the north west, sparta agrees to attack athens. Athens is done, because sparta has never lost. Battle between the supreme forces of sparta against the naval league of athens. Advantage: athens did not have to defeat, just had to survive, sparta had to crush athens. Disadvantage: were not loyal, desperate to break away from their alliance with athens. Sparta gathered up soldiers, got together allies, and made a march into athens to fight against. Athenians would not come out withdrawn into city. Sparta went around, captured livestock, levelled crops, did some damage.