HIS2102 Lecture 11: March 10th 2016- greek class
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Athens, persia and sparta: xerxis wantst he athenians to disengage from egypt. Athenian fleet of 200 ships was destroyed and only a few managed to escape even though reinforcements have came it wasn"t much. In short the egyptian revolt, was a complete and total disaster not only for the athenians but for the whole league. Its significant bcz it"s the first time in the league existence that they have lost in one of their offences against the persians. However this doesn"t cripple the league, however just to be in the safe side in the year 454, the athenians move the treasury from delos to athens. The justification for this, since the persians are gaining momentum, the aegean is no longer safe, at this point we formally recognize the establishment of the athenian empire. In 451, cimon returns from his ostracism, so his 10 years and exile finally over.
