HIST 2850 Lecture 11: Ancient Rome and Greece Jan 31

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 2850
• Professor: John Walsh

Document Summary

Peloponnesian war : 431-404bc, a profound impact on the greek world. The (cid:862)helle(cid:374)es(cid:863) (cid:1008)(cid:1012)(cid:1005) bc: (cid:373)eeti(cid:374)g of parta a(cid:374)d athe(cid:374)s sat do(cid:449)(cid:374) to deal (cid:449)ith the possi(cid:271)le invasion of the persians; 70 city states. Athenians abonded the city and all went to troezen xerxes captured athens and burned it to the ground, September 28/29 480bc at salamis, they lured the persians into the narrow straights of salamis. They boarded the ships with their epithatai(marines in a sort), following this xerxes fled across the hellespont leaving his army, where in 479bc his army was finally destroyed in plataea. Greek world divided into mainly two groups, pelo and delian. Under the leadership of themistocles developed a huge navy, where the naval power alarmed the spartans in a major way. Naxos 471/ thasos 465 both attempted to leave league but athens used the military power to get them to stay.