CLA230H1 Chapter 12: The Greeks, Morris and Powell
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Marathon defeat was only a small setback for persia. Xerxes suppresses revolts in babylon and invades, turning the attention away from greece. 483: [source- diodorus, 1st c] xerxes tries to get carthage to join them against greeks, as. Carth wanted control over italian areas and sicily in which greeks were [and they agree and assemble from their colonies but herodotus doesn"t mention this at all, may be assumed in later centuries] Sicily: few poleis but with large, fertile territories, therefore rich and fairly powerful; pushed. Indigenous into hills and serfdom, sold grain to aegean, wine to carthage, and collected taxes on trade; great temples. 510, spartan adventurer tries to make colonies near phoenician sicilian city motya. 491, greek commander gelon is tyrant in sicily; restores the nobles and seizes syracuse; wiping out cities and moving pops more like an assyrian or persian king than a greek leader: