POLS 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Quasi, Politics Among Nations, Internal Control
10 Dec 2015
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The peloponnesian war: the melian dialogue and realism. In aftermath of the persian wars between greek city states and the persian empire (500-479 b. c. ), the greek poleis (city states) formed two alliances or leagues realists when it comes to alliances, you can trust no now self interest always trumps alliance. Athens supplied most of the military force to the delian league thanks to its superior naval eet the other city states provided nancial support. Sparta was originally o ered leadership of the league but declined. Sparta became the hegemon of the land-based peloponnesian league also called. Athens transformed the delian league into an athenian empire. Sparta and many other greek states came to fear athens"s growing power. When athens attempted to gain control of supplies of grain, timber, and precious metals at their source, sparta declared war. Surrounded by several other smaller islands which were members of the.
