5:51 PM How did the Delian League become the Athenian Empire? Outline I. Thesis a. The Delian League, founded in 478 B.C., started out as an early confederation of Greek city-states, with the common goal dealing with the Persian threat that had presented itself earlier. As time passed, the dominant member of this confederation became Athens, and soon after, the Delian League turned into an unofficial Athenian Empire after the Athenians defeated the Persians. II.…
because there was fear of another Persian attack. The league, in essence, became part of the Athenian empire, however it was not stable. Athens lost Boetia in 446 B.C. Slowly, Athens lost its prestige and many alliances. The league came to an end in 404 B.C. with the Peloponnesian War. In 394 B.C., the Athenian General Conon led the naval fleet during the end of the Peloponnesian War and reestablished Athens as a political and military power. Athens received offers of a new alliance and in 378 B.C., the second Athenian confederacy was established. In 375 B.C., Athens won an important naval battle against Sparta near Naxos. Thebes withdrew from the alliance and acquired control over Boeotian land. This land had once been occupied by Sparta. Thus, a treaty was formed between Athens and Sparta. By 351 B.C., the condition of the league had deteriorated in the north and east. Consequently, in 338 B.C., Phillip of Macedon was victorious at the battle of Chaeronea destroying the Delian League once and for all (Columbia Encyclopedia).…
* In my 2nd: The League’s meetings and treasure were held at Delos, the role of Athens was to be a military leader, command military operations, organise member contributions of ships or money and to uphold the principles of equality. All members took an oath of permanence “I will not revolt from the people of Athens nor will I permit another to do so” members of the deleian League were independent but had a responsibility to other members. It is clear at this stage that the members of the Delian League were a building block to the Athenian empire.…
On their efforts against the Persians, Greek cities formed different league, Athens formed the Delian League a30-year naval…
Pericles brought idea of democracy to Athens. He believed that the true value of Athens was found in the common good of the people. He worked to ensure that every Athenian had land and some link to their government. People should represent equality and it was at the will of the people that Athens existed and flourished or failed. He came to this idea of establishing a democracy because of the past the not only Athens had, but Greece had also. In the beginning of the 5th century B.C, the Persian Wars had started (499-480 B.C.). Athens had agreed to aid cities that bordered the Persian Empire. Darius the Great, the ruler or Persia, turned his attention to the Greek cities. Athens then defeated the Persian Army. Xerxes took control of Persia and burned Athens to the ground. Greece then rebelled and took another victory against Persia. At this time, Greece had an opportunity to blossom but it was not one unified country. Pericles rose to power to strengthen Greece.…
2. The most important political development between the end of the Persian threat in 479 and the last third of the Fifth Century was the development of an Athenian Empire from the Delian League. What were the events connected with the origins of this empire? How did it develop over time? Is there a point at which we can speak of an empire as opposed to an alliance? Finally what sort of political situation did it produce in Greece?…
In ancient Greece era (ca 800-323 BCE), Greece was consisted of hundred of city states called “Poleis”. Each polis was an independent small country and many were only like a small town or a small village. A polis sometimes controlled very small territories. However, among all of the “Polies” in Greece, there were two poweful city states named Athens and Sparta. These two city states were powerful and influential among other Greek city states or poleis1.…
The league was organized with sparta as their hegemon (the leader/controller of a country or group of people) and was made up of two branches: the assembly of Spartiates and the Congress of Allies. Each allied city-state had one vote in the Congress, no matter how big their city was or geopolitical power. When in war one third of the military of a state could be requested, but other than that there were no required paid tributes in being in the alliance. Each alliance was made with Sparta and Sparta only, so that if the other city-states wanted to rally with another city-state they could but did not have to. although each state had one vote, League resolutions were not binding on Sparta, this meant that the “Peloponnesian Alliance” was not really an alliance at all, but just a way for sparta to become a stronger force all together.…
After a long endeavor, Sparta arose victorious. Having crushed its rival Athens, Sparta took hegemonic control over most of the other Greek city-states. Rather than rule as an empire, Sparta chose to “exercise considerable influence over the domestic and foreign decisions of these independent states” (Hooker). The other city-states hated this as Sparta tended to uproot a lot of what the other cities had worked so diligently to build. In the case of Athens, Sparta “pulled down the democratic government and established an oligarchy” (Hooker). Not only were they sulking in the shame of their defeat, but they were subjected to what they would have considered a backwards and insulting form of government. Richard Hooker, in his article “The Spartan Hegemony,” says that this oligarchy ruled “with an iron fist, often ordering summary executions of political opponents,” and the local Athenians ended up dubbing them “the thirty tyrants.” This is the most extreme example of their broad mistreatment, but their hegemonic influence caused many of the other city-states to greatly resent them. Inarguably, Sparta’s controversial foreign policy decisions cost them many key allies and made them many…
The Delian League began after the Persian War as a democratic alliance between Athens and the city-states of northern…
In Athens’ quest for a great empire, they planned to dominate their lesser foes, add to their empire, and show their strength; these pursuits brought them to the city of Melos. Melos was a small island in the Aegean Sea and a colony of Sparta, but they where a neutral state; they were not allied with either side. They had not been involved in the Peloponnesian war as of yet, and did not plan on getting involved. Then, Athens came, demanding surrender and tribute, but Melos chose to resist, rather than submit. Athens believed that because they had might on their side, that they also had the right to conquer weaker city-states (“The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must”).…
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“The Restoration of the Athenian Empire” Our walls are crumbling and our fleet is minute. We here in Athens are unable to collect tribute from other city-states and are often in threat of being attacked. Our fleet is defenseless and weak. The Democratic fraction, propose that we spend our time and hard earned money on the rebuilding of our walls and fleet. That way Athens can dangerously collect tributes from other Greek city-states. The Democrats also would like to commence in hazardous military voyages with our insubstantial navy. Hoping the result brings forth great rewards.…
The growing military and financial power of Athens as well as its policy of forcing smaller city-states to join its Delian League was shifting the prevalent balance of power in Hellas and raising anxiety among Spartans, their allies and neutral cities. Sparta’s decision to get involved…