Nature of Athenian Imperialism Changing Relations with Allies Lars Hoogvliet After the conclusion of the Persian Wars (492-479BC) with Athens being the true victor‚ and before the Peloponnesian War‚ a period of prosperity covered Athens‚ and they needed to devise new ways to protect themselves and expand their wealth‚ and how this would affect their relations with allies. ’The Athenians and their Allies’ was an organisation led by the Athenians in the 5th century‚ but is now referred to as the
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In 480 years ago‚ he defeated the Persian fleet in the Battle of Salamis. Themistocles of Athens as a powerful has made tremendous contributions In the lives of Pericles‚ he was prominent and influential Greek statesman. He think power is not to be a few people‚ but by the hands of all the people. The dispute arose when the private
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Colonization and Maritime Navigation COLONISATION As Greece is comprised of many islands‚ the sea has always played an important role in its history. Colonization of surrounding areas began during the Geometric Period (900-700 BCE)‚ and continued throughout Archaic and Classical Greece. Starting around 700-600 BCE the more powerful Greek city states gradually began establishing colonies‚ first in the Mediterranean‚ and then all the way from western Asia Minor‚ to southern Italy‚ Sicily‚ North
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in its golden age shortly after defeating Persia in many wars. These Greco-Persian wars included the first clash of civilizations‚ and the struggle between the man-centered universe and the God-centered universe. The Greek Hoplite army‚ led by Themistocles and Pericles‚ was the main disparity between these two ambitious cultures. The Hoplites dominated the opposition by using the advantage of a mixed army‚ with the light infantry being used along with the hoplites and cavalry. After the first Persian
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ran 140 miles to call help to fight Persia. General Themistocles rose to power through Democracy. He wasn’t an aristocratic he was a normal person. Themistocles knew that they might not win next time and Persia was still a threat. He built a state of the art ship‚ Trireme Quotes: ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ ‘Our whole city is an education’-Pericles. It was a stroke of luck that the government was a Democracy‚ so Themistocles could persuade them‚ but if it was a monarchy (something
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this opinion needs to be corrected.” He supports his point that peace is more important and the work done to get peace will last longer than the outcome of war with the accomplishments of Solon and Themistocles. Solon created the Areopagus and laws that stayed in place for a long time and Themistocles does not have anything memorable about him. Cicero talks about how one should conduct themselves in times of peril and how to be
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also marked the beginning of the second Persian invasion which consisted of three major battles: the battles of Thermopylae and Salamis in 480 BCE‚ followed by the battle of Platea in 479. The significance of Cleisthenes’ democratic reforms and Themistocles’ military naval project in the liberation of Greece from Persia will
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The alliance of the Persian Empire‚ ruled by Cyrus the Great‚ was a major threat to the states of Greece. The solution of the clash between the East and the West was to create the entire future for the region. It was a question of survival for the Greeks; however‚ for the Persians‚ occupying Greece was the main focus of the plan. Nonetheless‚ the Persian Wars were important because the final result was the separation of Greece and the Near East. There was the first Persian war in 490 BC‚ but
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communicative navy‚ this logistical exercise took nearly four years to prepare. Hearing of Xerxes planned invasion in just 481 BC simultaneously resulted in a quick development of the Greek war force‚ instructed mainly by the Hellenic League and Themistocles. As Herodotus
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real life he had a beard and was much shorter he also never came to the front line at the Battle of Thermopylae. An accuracy in the second movie would be when the Allied navy lurid them into a trap in a narrow water way. The inaccuracy is when Themistocles and Artemisia had a meeting in neutral waters on a ship this did not happen. The two movies in my opinion are a good historical tool‚ but they could be better some scenes did not need to happen‚ and some things could have been
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