HISTORY 36B Lecture Notes - Lecture 42: Megarian Decree, Delian League, Economic Sanctions
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A colony of corcyra, which is a colony of corinth. Those wanting democracy reached out to corcyra for help, but decline. Corinth agrees, and sends a fleet to help. Corcyra, sends a fleet to intercept and defeats the corinthian ships. Not a part of the spartan or athenian alliance. Issue of angering corinth, and thus sparta. Corinth was rumored to be planning attack on corcyra. But opportunity to get the corcyraean fleet. 433 naval engagements at sybota between corinth and cocyra. Athens hangs back, but eventually openly enters the battle. Potidaea was a colony of corinth in the athenian alliance. Maintained a strong connection with corinth, even receiving annual magistrates from corinth. With corinthian help, spartans agree to attack attica if potidaea attacked. Perdiccas of macedonia intervenes because of prior slight by athens. Athens attacks macedonia, defeats land forces, and lays siege to potidaea that would last 2 years. 432 megarian merchants banned from all ports in the athenian empire.
