Oct 10, 2008

Salem on History | Athenian Empire Is Created

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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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Salem on History | Athenian Empire Is Created

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Summary of Event

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