HIST 110A Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Delian League, Sicilian Expedition, Isocrates
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The pelopon nesian war: thucydides out chief source. Said it like it was, regardless of how others felt: causes of the war. Athens (b. 1. a. 1) was the largest of greece and wealthiest (b. 1. a. 1. a) also aggressive and almost amounted to an empire of its own (b. 1. a. 1. a. i) Delois was the capital, a rather small place. The plague in athens (c. 2. b. 1) first instance of when they began to fall: peace and resumption of war. What was the significance of the peloponnesian war: contrasting military styles, contrasting political systems, did athens really lose. Triumph of greek culture in the hellenistic: the emergence of philip of macedon. Made it possible to buy weapons and such. Extended east and westward: athenians oppositions of philip. Philip wanted to take over all over greece because they. B. 2. were weak and promise he would protect them. Opposed philips offer (philip wanted to take over all over greece because they were weak and promise he would protect them).