CLA230H1 Lecture 13: Empire, Democracy, Epigraphy
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It"s a voluntary alliance, and naxos, a more powerful state with large fleet, withdraws. First case when the constitution of the league was broken and allied city lost independence [?] Cimon, son of miltiades: early league campaigns, 460s. Relationships with other aris elites across med, esp with sparta. Athens began to extend its naval power to asia minor and persian areas allied forces led by cimon decimated the combined forces of persia and its allies. Athens begins now to add these far off areas to league. Powerful trading poleis, slave trade into the aegean, wine; rights to rich mines. Disagreements about markets of the opposite coast of thrace, and thasos" mine there. Thasos asks sparta for support, and sparta planned to send help, but then had an earthquake, causing a helot revolt: Sparta asks all allies for help even athens. [plutarch"s life of cimon]- pericles first emerges in 460s: cimon is removed.
