Transcript Map of Athens and Sparta, 5th century BCE

Objective: to identify the two leagues that
vied for power in Greece and to contrast
Athens to Sparta using government, daily
life, trade and citizenship.
Each group will become a city
state and vote for joining either
the Peloponnesian or Delian
League based on Government,
quality of life, treatment of non
citizens and trade.
Map of Athens and Sparta, 5th
century BCE
Sparta vs Athens
Pelopnnesian League vs Delian League
Greece\tci2.3 athens vs sparta leagues.pdf
Peloponnesian War
Delian vs Peloponnesian
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Peloponnesian War! From 431-404 BCE
Athens vs Sparta
Sparta issues ultimatum to Athens:
“free all the cities under your control or
face war!” Athens refused!!
• Thus 431 BCE the war begins
• Lasted 27 years and primarily fought
between the Spartan army and Athenian
Navy.
• Spartan army invaded the Athenian
countryside and in the second year of the
war most of the Athenian population
gathered inside the already overcrowded
protective walls of Athens.
• A terrible plague hit the overcrowded city
killing ¼ th of the population
• However, Athens was able to hold out for
another 26 years until the Persians aided
Sparta with ships and sealed the fate of
Athens.
• The Persians secretly thought that if they
kept the Greeks fighting they would
destroy themselves!! Good for Persian
expansion….
• However in 404 BCE Athens surrendered
because their population was starving and
their fleet was destroyed…they were
defeated
• Sparta forced Athens to tear down their
walls.
• Sparta ruled Greece with a heavy hand
until the 300’s
Theban rule
• Thebes, aided by Persia, defeated the
harsh Spartan and took over the rule of
Greek city states but by this time the
Greeks were not only weakened by the
costs of war, they were weakened in unity
as there was discontent between the rich
(aristocracy) and the poor.
• 338 BCE the weakened Greeks were
defeated by King Phillip of Macedonia and
he created on Kingdom = Hellenistic Age =
Macedon + Greek culture = diffusion,
Hellenism.