HIST 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Delian League, Polis, Cimon
5 Apr 2018
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After the battles of plataea and mycale, the athenians headed an alliance against the. Persians, which turned into an athens-dominated confederation of numerous poleis (sg. polis, pl. poleis ancient greek city-state). Officially, the main goal of this alliance (in scholarship known as the delian league) was to fight off the persians and liberate the. Sparta challenged athenian hegemony which culminated in the peloponnesian war, fought between sparta and its allies and the athenian alliance on the other side. 454/3 treasury moved to athens c. 449 peace of callias between athens and persia (?) 446/5 thirty years "peace between athens and peloponnesians recognises two power blocs. 431 sparta begins peloponnesian war professing intention of liberating the greeks. 404 end of peloponnesian war and of delian league. Athens took a permanent alliance to mean permanent campaigning, and required contributions of ships or tribute in cash from the allies year after year.
