CLAS 1000 Lecture 14: - October 8 -Pelopponesian war

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 1000
• Professor: John Walsh

Document Summary

October 8, 2014 lecture 14 peloponnesian war. Thucydides realized that the athenians growing power scared the spartans and is what caused the peloponnesian war. The actual tipping point was the athenian"s building of the walls. These walls negated the spartan power, because it was all based in the spartan phalanx infantry. There was no siege technology in this time, so there was nothing sparta could do against the. 465 bc the helot revolt in the spartan territory, the spartans refuse the help of athenian army in quelling this revolt. In 459 bc they begin to fight through proxy, meaning that the spartan allies would fight the athenian allies. In corcyra, just like in sarajevo, a small conflict sparks the entire war. The archidamian war (431-421 bc) is the first stage of the peloponnesian war. Under the leadership of archeadamus ii the spartan army challenges the.