Athenian Empire Is Created
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution, Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Empires, Dynasties, Hellenistic Age, Ancient Greece
- Curriculum: Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Greece
- Date: 478-448
Article abstract: The Athenian Empire was created, transforming a defensive alliance against Persia into a political empire that prevented the peaceful unification of Greece and led to the Peloponnesian War.
Summary of Event
After the Persian invasion of Greece had been repulsed in the spring of 479 b.c.e., delegates from the liberated Greek cities of Ionia and Athens assembled and agreed to combine forces in a league whose stated aims were to protect the Aegean area from fresh Persian offensives and to ravage Xerxes I’s territory. Pausanias of Sparta...
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