CLASSICS 1M03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Decelea, Gylippus, Delian League
20 Apr 2016
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Athenians: daring, open dynamic culture, prone to innovation. Spartans are peloponnesian allies invaded attica no athenian phalanx to meet them. Peloponnese to bring war to coast concentrated on taking corinth and megara. = the rest of peloponnese would lose land access. The plague of 430 bce plague outbreak occured in 430 caused by densely pack population in walls of athens killed 20% of population including pericles plan continued despite plague. 430-425: spartans stalled the first 6 years the war was in favour of athens. Sparta didn t know how to deal with this strategy every war season sent hoplites. = they could only destroy farm land when sparta was in land they were safe from the athenian fleet. 429: naupactus the athenian naval base in naupactus seemed like a peloponnesian win last athenian ship unexpectedly turned and attack leading peloponnesian ship.
