AR104 Lecture 1: CL101 Introduction to their Culture.docx
10 Dec 2014
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A few greek cities refused and fought against the persians with the tactic of a weak center and strong sides to flank the battle line, which was successful: persians return home leaving the confident athenian assembly tainting the support to persian causes, athenians started to trust to their ships leading to a powerful naval power by which the athens came to dominate the aegean, athenians returned to athens and themistocles persuaded them to fortify their city and harbour, the building walls united the two making the city invulnerable to attacks by land and fully able to capitalize on their naval superiority, aegean islands created a loyalty together to protect against the persians, athens then resigned her claims to cyprus in the peace of callias each side recognized the other"s sphere of interest and the supremacy of athens in the.
