CLAS201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Peloponnesian League, Cimon, Delian League
6 Sep 2017
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Reforms of ephialtes: diminished power of the areopagus, started selecting archons by lot in 486, he left that homicide and religious matters would stay with the assembly, ephialtes was assassinated, pericles took over his role. First undeclared peloponnesian war: pericles had to deal with athens raging war against the persians and the. Peloponnesian league and spartan leagues: 460-445, even though the war was athenians vs peloponnesians its referred to as atheno- Peloponnesus which the corinthians really didn"t appreciate: athenians built long walls that linked athens to the port of piraeus and repelled, athenians sent the helots they conquered to naupactus and let them leave the. In 459 corinth and aegina combined against athens. Sparta influence was out of boeotia: peace with sparta in 445 = thirty years of peace. Athenian officials: generals were like the prime ministers. It as only after pericles that you could have high political status and not have military experience.
