CLA230H1 Lecture 20: Lecture 20
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Also had ties to elites that were outside of his own polis. Power not just based on massive agricultural states. Sparta played a pivitol role in his demise. Athenian rule was eventually going to result in direct conflict with sparta. Nevertheless, cimon posessed the ability to convince the athenians to send a large army to assist in the revolt. Together with a peculiar incident (of which we have little evidence), drove them out. Attempted to strip the power of the areopagus and give those final powers to the assembly. Also attempted to diminish the power of (???) Seems his murder was as a result of the democratic reforms. Suggests that in the vacuum left behind by cimon, pericles comes to be the most important political figure for the next 30 years. No good evidence for how influential he was in 460 and first half of 450s.
