COM 415 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Delian League, Cimon, Peloponnesian War
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Athens emerges from persion wars with great prestige. Alliance of city-states eager to carry the war back to persia. Contributed ships or money to build the ships. Paid the 2902$ to build the ships. Athens became trade emporium for the entire region. Sent our tax collectors and seized the land of non-payers. 50 years after the founding of democracy (cleisthenes) Cimon saw the spartans less as rivals. Spartans accepted at first, but in 462 bce, they got. Cimon ostracized - ostraka (piece of pottery) rid of cimon"s army. Each year a vote was taken to ostracize one citizen and whoever got the most votes was ostracized and exiled for 10 years or until called back. Pericles was never ostracized, but it was written on pottery that he was. Built a wall to keep athens safe. Athen"s rise in power alarmed the spartans. Golden age of athens = age of pericles.
