CLAS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Delian League, Peloponnesian League, Peloponnesian War

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 1000
• Professor: John Walsh

Document Summary

At the end of war sparta and athens didn"t keep peace, they divided there groups into two difference alliances. Sparta was part of the delian league and athens was part of the. Thucydidies (cid:498)the growth of the power of athens, and the alarm which this inspired in. Athens was becoming to powerful so lacedaemon was worried. The source of the athenian army was the navy. You need to contribute to the defense of any member in the delian league. Naxos 471 and thasos 465 tried to leave but the athenians forced them to stay. Athens worried about sparta trying to capture the city The athenians decide to build a long wall connecting the harbor and city. Spartans were worried about the wall because they were a close combat military if a battle decides to happen spartans would be unable to win due to the wall.