CLA160H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Megarian Decree, Delian League, Peloponnesian League
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Freedom of aegina athens occupied, wanted to use as naval base which added to. Megarian decree pushed through athenian assembly by pericles, embargoed throughout the delian league megarian wears. Megarians from all markets and harbors of delian league. The straw that broke the camel"s back. Freedom of the hellenes comes up when war is inevitable. Sparta wants freedom, but not gonna happen (cid:1) (cid:1) When the war is on the verge of breaking out. Pericles" arguments for war a lot of arguments about why peloponnesian league will be inefecive, not well matched. Spartan"s aren"t good at ighing abroad for long ime lack of man power, danger of helot revolt, they don"t like sending their army abroad for too long. Sparta incapable of raising money, won"t have money to prosecute the war they"re all agricultural states, all they can do is tax farmers, whereas we bring a ton of money from abroad thru trade.
