Athens at a very unsafe place during their era.So to protect themselves they came up with the Delian League. What is the Delian league and what do they do? Simple run down of the Delian League altogether; Greek states,Political leaders,Wars. Firstly we have the Greek city states that make up the Delian league. Founded in 478 B.C. shortly after the last expedition of the Persians under Xerxes I.The Delian League had begun its course. These states consisted of most of the Aegean islands, cities of Chalcidice
The Delian League Was the Delian League a success? In order to answer the question we should look at why the League was formed, how it operated, and how it transformed. Ultimately the success of the Delian League depends on who you are. The Delian League was established after negotiations on the island of Delos, in the temple of Apollo and Artemis, began in 477 BCE. The meeting created an alliance of Greek city-states against the threat of a Persian resurgence (Halsall, 1999). The war with Persia
The Melian Dialogue: The Strong versus The Weak According to Thucydides, in the summer of 416 B.C. the Athenians made a voyage against the Island of Melos. The Isle is a colony of Sparta but remained neutral, after the Athenian armament of thirty-eight vessels, three hundred and twenty archers and over three thousand hoplites laid waste to their territory the Melians acquired an attitude of “open hostility”(5.84.3). The generals, positioned in their territory, sent Athenian representatives to negotiate
Overall, the realist’s assessment of the world is a nation-state versus another nation-state. Inter-state squabble does exists but will disappear when threaten by an outside state, hence global peace is unachievable unless there is a hegemonic consolidation of power. This is shown through the Melian Dialogue, Thucydides allows us to examine different ethical actions between these nation-states. The dialogue supports Weber’s and Thucydides’ beliefs through the actions of the Athenians who are searching
civilizations, and thus the entirety of mankind. This, while likely overstated, represents how pivotal the Peloponnesian War was in the Hellenistic Period. The Peloponnesian War was a twenty one year long Hellenic civil war between the Delian League and the Peloponnesian League. This resulted in the fall of the Athenian Empire, a looming military power during the antebellum of the war. However, due to Athens fall despite their aforementioned power, it raises the question on what were the reasons for their
military, and economy of Athens. A twenty-seven year war obviously took a toll on Athens, especially with the empire it attempted to maintain. Athens and other city-states formed the Delian League in 477. Although it was intended as a league, Athens began to dominate this group. Over time, the Delian League transformed into the Athenian Empire. The expansion of the Athenian Empire brought them into conflict with Sparta. These, initially smaller, conflicts escalated, which started the Peloponnesian
start of the rise of the Athenian Empire. Athenians used manipulation to gain control of other surrounding territories. The Delian League is one example of this manipulation. The Delian League receives its name from an island called Delos, which is where the treasury was collected.(Roisman, Joseph, and J.C. Yardley. Ancient Greece from Homer to Alexander) The Delian League was used to crush out allies who would begin too revolt against the Athenian Empire. After destroying old unfaithful allies
Nolan Global 10 Mr. Kohrt 17 November 2014 Research paper The Peloponnesian War showed that ancient Greece could not act as a unified country for an extended period of time. This war divided ancient Greece between the Delian League, which was led by Athens and the Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta. It ended with the near destruction of the center of ancient Greek trade. Although the Peloponnesian war took place from 431 B.C. to 404 B.C, It can be broken up into three sections. The Archidamian
greatest polis in Greece. Under their leadership, they formed the Delian League along with other Greek cities, and pushed the Persians out of Ionia. Athens sought to keep this league standing in order to become what was effectively the Athenian Empire. However, conflicts with other members of the Delian League arose, and during these rebellious times, Athens and Sparta went to war. Sparta, having formed its own alliance, the Peloponnesian League, would likely have not won what this Peloponnesian War if not
Athens and Sparta were two powerful poleis that dominated the Greek World during the Classical Age. Even though they are close together geographically, the two poleis couldn not be further apart socially, politically, and economically. Occasionally, their similarities united them, at other times it tore them apart. Socially, politically, and economically, Sparta and Athens disagreed on much, however on other issues they sometimes saw eye to eye. While Athens and Sparta differed extensively, they