CLCV 1002 Lecture Notes - Delian League, Oligarchy, Spartan Hegemony

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Classical Civilization
• Course: CLCV 1002
• Professor: all

Document Summary

In ancient greece, war and politics were the main subjects of historical writings. Two major historians recorded the history of greek wars: herodotus and thucydides. Athens was unable to maintain efficient control of its empire (expansion of the delian. Cleruchs were formed, as military colonies whose citizens were still athenians. Actions that led to the peloponnesian war: troubles at epidamnus, alliance between athens and corcyra, potidaean affair, megarian decrees (economic sanctions, theban attack on plataea. Corinth declared war on athens when the thirty-year"s peace was broken. Following this, sparta and its allies also went to war on corinthian side. They had much larger navy (compared to that of corinth largest of the. Peloponnesians), even though a smaller and less well-trained military compared to the enemy. The treasury of athens was enormous (due to collected tributes), which allowed it to maintain its powerful fleet for long period of time, unlike the peloponnesians (who lacked resources)