HIST 205 Lecture 8: HIST 205 Lecture 8
7 Feb 2018
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Athens was a great sea power, and the people who manned the fleet was the lowest power property class in athens (thetes) - they were the rowers and they were allowed in the assembly. Even though they might not have seen themselves as building an empire rather than gaining allies, they could be quite brutal and massacre people. Normally there is a meeting once every 10 months for each of the tribes. It"s the poorest men, and how they support the richer people. Demos drives the change, and profits the most from the expansion of the empire. Economic incentive to go to war - get pair for rowing. Eventually pay to participate in the assembly: the persian war. Darius the great (darius i) - king from 520-486 - Ionian greeks on the coast come under the command of the persian king. However, cultural difference and also indignant due to colonization.
