HIS2102 Lecture 7: Athens, sparta and persia- february 8th 2016
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** cover material based on the beginning until last thursday. After the battle, the ionians were invited to the alliance but they ionians devoted themselves primarily to the athenians. In year 478, the spartan regent pausanias, hero of platea, sent out by the spartans to go across the aegean to take command of the naval arm of the hollistic alliance. The directive of the alliance at this point after the persians have been forced out, the naval operation of the aegean was to able to liberate the ionian state from persian control: pausanius campaign was aggressive and ambitious. Cyprus which was under persian control and was important for its minerals and other resources. From there then, the fleet went to byzantium and forced it to surrender as well. At this point, there was a hiccup: pausanius began to display great arrogance, and the ionians who were under their command felt like his was acting as a tyrant.
