CLA160H1 Lecture 4: Lecture 4 - Athens Between the War
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Athens between the war the pentakontaetia (479 431 bce) The persian threat united all of greece; receding threat resulted in a crumbling relationship between polis. athens and sparta: important polis; military powerhouses athens = navy; sparta = land army. The persian war led to more democratic changes in athens. source of conflict between athens and sparta was athens growing military power, especially in terms of their navy, being the masters of the sea. Athenian factionalism (1) pro-sparta/oligarchic: cimon ostracized 461 bce, aristocrats, arguments: spartan helped get rid of hippias and were self-sacrificing (recall: battle of. Thermopylae 300 spartans) (2) anti-sparta/democratic: themistocles ostracized 472 bce, ephialtes, pericles, argument: spartans refused to help on a number of occasions (i. e. battle of marathon, ostracism: prevent the rise of an individual (tyrant: very democratic the voice of the people more important than one, athens afraid of individual power/influence, needed 6000 in the assembly (ekklesia, ostraka (sg.
