The Unity Of The Delian League

Once Sparta created his own rival league, the Peloponnesian League, feelings of jealousy accumulated towards the people of Athens and those feelings increased with competitive notions for power. Then when Athens attacked an ally of Sparta’s Peloponnesian League, Sparta decided

The Greeks closest to the Persian Empire after the war created the Delian League to protect them from the Persians. The Greeks chose the Athenians to lead them. The Spartans were originally asked to lead them, but the kind was very arrogant, so they retracted their offer. The Spartans then created the Peloponnesian League because they didn’t think the Athenians should lead the Delian League because they were getting too much credit for defeating the Persians in the war. The two leagues didn’t get along at all. This rivalry eventually turned into the Peloponnesian War. This war went on for about 30 years. After the war, the government changed in Athens.

In ancient Greece there were two major polises which allowed the Greek culture to achieve greatness during the 400-500 B.C.E. era. These two polises were Athens and Sparta; both city states differed in many ways before the start of the Persian War. There were low rugged mountains that separated these two city states so communication and travel were difficult. The government of these two city states can be seen as a primary difference between the two. Draco, Solon, Pisistratus, and Cleithenes were four leaders that greatly influenced the political development of Athens. Athens and Sparta differed primarily in their political, social, and economical aspects. But there were other difference that Athens and Sparta share which I will examine in this essay.

After the end of the Persian war had many effects on Greece. This war brought the separated city-states together to fight the common enemy and together they eliminated the biggest rival. In order to prevent more turmoil and more war, Athens teamed up with other city-states and created the Delian League. The Delian League brought prosperity and peace for Greece with a Golden Age following the war. The Greek victory helped preserve Greek culture and helped distinguish Athens as a world power that was equal to the strength of

The besiegement of Thasos revealed Athens' true motivations behind the League and the future plans for her allies. According to _Ancient Greece Using Sources_ Thasos was one of the largest and richest members of the Delian League, and a conflict broke out between Athens and Thasos over the gold mining on the island. Thasos then attempted to withdraw from the League, as the Persians were no longer a threat in the Aegean, and Athens was demanding too much for too little in return.

The Athenians used the Delian League to enhance their prestige. They bettered themselves by strengthening their army and weakened other by taking resources for them. The Delian League gave Athens

Explain the methods used by the Athenians to transform the Delian League into the Athenian Empire. (25 marks) There is certainty no evidence to suggest that the Athenians had any long-term plans, in the years 479-470 BC, to change the Delian League into an empire, although from the beginning the potential to develop into an imperial power were there. Because from the beginning, Athens had considerable power as she was the permanent hegemon.The most important aspects involving the transformation of League into empire was the changing relationships between Athens and her allies, Periclesʼ imperial policy, Athensʼ selfish self interest in gaining more power by using the Leagueʼs power and establishing laws onto her allies such as the Coinage

After the onset of the Persian War most Greek city states chose to submit to Persia save for a few including Athens and Sparta. The city-states that did choose to agree to a Persian rule did so because of the damage they faced during the first Persian invasion. The other city-states that chose to resist joined Athens in 478 B.C. and formed what is known as the Delian League. The purpose of the Delian League was to defend city-states from invasions and to get revenge against Persia. City-states could gain membership to this league by means of paying a tax or offering its military to fight for the League. The leader of this group of city-states quickly became Athens due to the money it was receiving in the form of a tax from the other city-states to build its already massive navy.

The positive impacts the rebuilding had on Athens included many things such as the power they now had, democracy and wealth. The image of Athens had changed. Athens became more powerful under the leadership of Pericles, this occurred once Pericles initiated the delian league. The delian league was a group of around 200 greek-cities formed in Athens. The reason they formed the delian league was to protect themselves. Pericles used the money to build around 300 navy warships. This meant that Athens was able to dominate the delian league because they had a superior navy. This move strengthened Athens as other city states became fearful of Athens because of how powerful it was becoming under the leadership of Pericles. Neighbouring states wanted to trade with Athens as they were now wealthy and powerful. The trade market in Athens allowed them to

Sparta was convinced that they needed to prevent Athens from using the Delian League’s naval forces as they felt it would end their dominance of the Peloponnesian League. This led to the Spartan leaders’ decision to wage war against Athens.

- Athens had become an imperial power
- Delian League ask for contributions & would not let anybody leave
- Trireme – row ship used for war
- Democracy in Athens
- Athens made a form of taxes
- Sophists – traveling teachers
- Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle - Athens had become an imperial power
- Delian League ask for contributions & would not let anybody leave
- Trireme – row ship used for war
- Democracy in Athens
- Athens made a form of taxes
- Sophists – traveling teachers
- Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle - Athens had become an imperial power
- Delian League ask for contributions & would not let anybody leave
- Trireme – row ship used for war
- Democracy in Athens
- Athens made a form of taxes
- Sophists – traveling teachers
- Socrates,

their own. Many city-states united in battle, although others found ways to avoid participation in the wars. The Greeks also relied on the words of Apollo to guide them,

In the early fifth century BC, Greece consisted of many city-states allied in various factions or leagues. The alliances between these cities are difficult to understand. The alliances created a patchwork where

The Peloponnesian War was the turning point in Athenian hegemony in Ancient Greece. It was fought in 431 B.C. between the Delian League, led by Athens, and the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta. According to Thucydides, Athens’ imposing hegemonic status and its overwhelming quest for more power made the Peloponnesian War and Athens’s eventual fall from power inevitable. Despite the Athenians having a far more superior navy and being considerably wealthier, they were defeated and made subjects of Sparta. In this paper, I will discuss Thucydides’ and Socrates’ reasons for why