HIS2102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Gulf Of Corinth, Eion, Pleistoanax
8 Sep 2017
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430 plague hits athens, 1/3 of the athenian population is taken out; athenians want to negotiate a peace; sparta hits attica harder than they ever have before. 429 bce archidamus (king of sparta) did not want to invade attica led his forces to boeia to capture. Capture at 429 but the fall is not until 427bce. Athenians stuck to their defensive policy and did not want to assist plataea. Athens had a shit year, but their allies did well: peloponnese led a joint naval and land operation to take back lan. In 429 bce pericles dies and this hurts athens the most because it is what decides the course of war. Without pericles, the athenians get bolder and arrogant, more disorganized and led to their demise. In 428 bce- archidamus invades attica but does not stick around for very long, burns stuff and leave.
