Transcript The Peloponnesian War

The Peloponnesian War
The Beginning of the end….
The Delian League
• Athens decided to form
an alliance of city-states
in the 5th century BCE
called the Delian League.
This was done because:
– The Persians remained a
threat, even after defeat at
Salamis.
– The feud between Sparta
and Athens was erupting
again.
More on the Delian League…
• The League met on the Island of Delos.
• Each member contributed ships, money and
soldiers.
• Athens was the most dominant city-state in
the League.
– The Delian League essentially became an
Athenian Empire
“Ummm…excuse me”- Sparta
• Sparta, not to be out done forms a “league
of her own”- The Peloponnesian League
Let’s Get ready to Rumble….
• After Athens tried to expand its empire into
central Greece
» AND
• Athens stopped some city-states in the
Peloponnesian league from trading with
Delian league city-states….
• SPARTA & ATHENS FIGHT!!! 4
AND THE
PELOPONNESIAN
LEAGUE
AND THE DELIAN LEAGUE
The War…
• Sparta marched her army to the
country-side near Athens.
• Pericles, the great Athenian
general, ordered all Athenians to
get within the city walls.
• The navy would be dispatched to
attack enemy coasts and ships.
Pericles
Tragedy Strikes
• Disease sweeps through a crowded Athens
killing many (1/3 of the population)- even
Pericles.
• The city is left weakened. However, the
war rages on with either side winning small
victories.
For heroes have the whole earth for their tomb; and in lands far from their own, where the column with its epitaph declares it, there is enshrined in every
breast a record unwritten with no tablet to preserve it, except that of the heart."
Pericles' Funeral Oration as recorded by Thucydides
And we keep on going…
• The war dragged on with heavy losses on
both sides.
• Persia supported the Spartan effort with
$$$$$$$.
– With this cash, Sparta was able to build a fleet
of ships…eventually to defeat the Athenian
navy
Greek Trireme
The end….
• In 404 BCE Athens surrendered, giving up
its foreign possessions and its fleet to
become an ally of Sparta.
• However, Sparta’s attempt to dominate its
former allies led to renewed conflict among
Greek city-states.
• The inability of the city-states to form an
allegiance left them vulnerable to ATTACK
Those Pesky northerners…
• Although a Greekspeaking people, the
MACEDONIANS
were seen as barbaric
by their neighbours to
the south.
• Under the leadership of
Phillip II, Macedonia
built an efficient army
and turned them into
the chief power of the
Greek world.
“I have a Dream…”
• In 338 BCE, Phillip’s forces crushed the
Greeks at Chaeronea.
• This ended the independence of the Greek
city-states.
– They were now under the rule of Macedonia.
• Phillip wanted to invade Asia, but he was
assassinated.
– The invasion would be left to his son….
Your Tasks…
• Read pages 120-122, and answer questions
1-3.
• Read “The Hellenistic Age” and answer
questions 1-5.
• HAVE A GREAT LONG
WEEKEND!!…don’t be like Calvin